Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with parliament in American Collocation
parliament
noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈpɑrləmənt/
devolved
hung
This would have produced a hung parliament, with Labour as the largest party.
enter parliament
enter
go into
Mussolini entered parliament in 1921.
try to be elected to a parliament
run for
stand for
What made you decide to stand for parliament?
elect someone to parliament
elect someone to
She later went to prison, but was ultimately elected to the Indian parliament.
elect a parliament
elect
Voters went to the polls yesterday to elect a new parliament.
present something to parliament
lay something before
present something to
put something before
The legislation was finally laid before parliament in 2002.
ask parliament for something
lobby
petition
Their MP was with them when they came to London to petition parliament.
formally end parliament
dissolve
suspend
A general election is called when the queen dissolves parliament on the advice of the Prime Minister.