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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does House of Representatives mean?
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (noun)
The noun HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has 1 sense:
1. the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
Familiarity information: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lower legislative house of the United States Congress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
House of Representatives; U.S. House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; US House; US House of Representatives
Hypernyms ("House of Representatives" is a kind of...):
house (an official assembly having legislative powers)
Holonyms ("House of Representatives" is a member of...):
Congress; U.S. Congress; United States Congress; US Congress (the legislature of the United States government)
Context examples
The U.S. legislature, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(Congress, NCI Thesaurus)
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