Definitions for Senate
ˈsɛn ɪtSen·ate

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. senatenoun

   assembly possessing high legislative powers

2. United States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Senatenoun

   the upper house of the United States Congress

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. senatenoun

   In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

2. senatenoun

   A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male.

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

3. Senatenoun

   A legislative body in many countries.

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

4. Senatenoun

   The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

5. Senatenoun

   The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

6. Senatenoun

   The United States Senate, "the Senate".

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

7. Senatenoun

   The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.

   Etymology: From senat, from senat, from senatus, from senex.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senatenoun

   an assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

2. Senatenoun

   a body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

3. Senatenoun

   the upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

4. Senatenoun

   in general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

5. Senatenoun

   the governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

6. Senatenoun

   in some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students

   Etymology: [OE. senat, F. snat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senate

   A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class. The first official senate was the Roman senate of Ancient Rome. Many countries currently have an assembly named a senate, composed of senators who may be elected, appointed, have inherited the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider legislation passed by a lower house, whose members are usually elected.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senate

   sen′āt, n. a legislative or deliberative body, esp. the upper house of a national legislature, as of France, the United States, &c.: a body of venerable or distinguished persons: the governing body of the University of Cambridge.—ns. Sen′ate-house, a house in which a senate meets; Sen′ator, a member of a senate: in Scotland, the lords of session are called Senators of the College of Justice.—adj. Senatō′rial, pertaining to, or becoming, a senate or a senator.—adv. Senatō′rially, with senatorial dignity.—ns. Sen′atorship; Senā′tus, a governing body in certain universities.—Senātus academicus, the governing body of a Scotch university, consisting of the principal and professors; Senātus consult, a decree of the senate of ancient Rome. [L. senatus—senex, senis, an old man.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senate

   a name first bestowed by the Romans on their supreme legislative and administrative assembly; its formation is traditionally ascribed to Romulus; its powers, at their greatest during the Republic, gradually diminished under the Emperors; in modern times is used to designate the "Upper House" in the legislature of various countries, e. g. France and the United States of America; is also the title of the governing body in many universities.

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1. senate

   A type of socialist unity government and unity legislature that creates legislation. Members are elected to this type of socialist unity government through just, fair and transparent democratic citizen vote from the electorate using a proportional representation voting system. It is a form of socialist unity government created and formed by representation from every elected socialist political party elected to government and a proportionate number of elected socialist independent politicians elected to this form of unity government within a country united to form a unity government and each represented in the unity government cabinet to work together for the optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life, civil rights, ethical, fair, just and moral shared prosperity of all people in the country with the responsibility to work in unity with all elected socialist political party politicians and elected socialist independent politicians in the unity government and collaborate with all facets and structures of local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government or international unity government to ensure the electorate and people are empowered and their collective choices and voices are heard, understood, reflected and represented and equality and inclusion is empowered to all facets of each community, society, region, europe and country. All members are focused positively on cocreating in order of the priority of optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life, civil rights, ethical, fair, just and moral shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to housing, right to free education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   The senate use their authority to scrutinize the bills at a pre-legislative stage within a unity government.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senate

   The Upper House of the United States Congress. The term properly implies an elder, from the Latin senis, an old man.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Senate' in Nouns Frequency: #2532

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1. sateen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Senate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Senate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Senate in a Sentence

1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   It could dramatically change the separation of powers between the White House and the Senate if the Senate agrees we will conduct both the investigation and the trial of an impeachment, what's more, some of the proposed new witnesses include executive branch officials whose communications with the President and with other executive branch officials lie at the very core of the President's constitutional privilege.

2. Don Stewart:

   While he complained about filibusters today, he joined filibusters while in the Senate.

3. Ted Cruz:

   The Senate Democrats who are filibustering Department of Homeland Security funding should look hard at this ruling. At a time when we face grave national security threats, at home and abroad, it is the height of irresponsibility for the Democrats to block this funding in an extreme attempt to save Obama's amnesty, which a federal judge has just declared illegal.

4. The President:

   I hear all the folks on TV saying,' Why doesn't Joe Biden get this done ?' Well, because Joe Biden only has a majority of effectively four votes in the House and a tie in the Senate, with two members of the Senate who vote more with my Republican friends.

5. Dick Cheney Obama:

   Today thanks to Obamacare, you no longer have to worry about losing your insurance if you lose your job. You're welcome Senate Democrats.

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