Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #860 of 1319

parliament (n.)

a law-making assembly

Examples

  • Parliament passed it.

Key rules

  • Parliament is the law-making assembly of some countries
  • Parliament passed a law, in parliament
  • Parliament is countable or uncountable

Common mistakes

  • Parliament are debating → Parliament is debating
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