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# lobby

noun (a lobby, lobbies); verb (lobby, lobbies, lobbied, lobbying)

«lobby» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large hall or entrance area just inside the front door of a hotel, theatre, flats or office building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#m1)
2. A group of people who try to get politicians to make or change laws for their cause: the farming lobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#m2)
3. (verb) To try to persuade politicians or people in charge to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#m3)
4. (UK) A hall in Parliament where members of the public can meet MPs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#m4)
5. A lobby can also be a hall or passage inside a house, such as one upstairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you wait in the lobby of a hotel or cinema. In civics lessons and news, «lobbying» means trying to persuade lawmakers; children can lobby their school council or head teacher too. Phrases: hotel lobby, in the lobby, lobby for something, lobby against something, lobby group.

### Examples

- We waited for Grandma in the hotel lobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x1)
- The lobby of the cinema smelled of popcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x2)
- Our class lobbied the head teacher for a longer break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x3)
- The parents lobbied the council for a new crossing outside school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x4)
- A big lobby group is against the new law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x5)
- Meet me in the lobby at the front door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x6)
- The environmental lobby wants fewer plastic bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x7)
- The flats have a lobby with a lift and mailboxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x8)
- "I have just a ceiling to finish in an upper lobby," said Gobborn, "and then it wants nothing." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/#x9)

### Note

Countable noun: lobbies (y to ies). Verb forms: lobbies, lobbied, lobbying. A person who lobbies is a «lobbyist». Similar words for the hall: foyer, entrance hall, reception.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lobby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lobby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lobby.html) on Mova free.