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PRONUNCIATION OF FRONT BENCHES

front benches  [frʌnt ˈbentʃɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRONT BENCHES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Front benches is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRONT BENCHES


Arches
ˈɑːtʃɪz
backbenches
ˌbækˈbɛntʃɪz
bear´s-breeches
ˌbeəzˈbriːtʃɪz
breeches
ˈbrɪtʃɪz
britches
ˈbrɪtʃɪz
bunches
ˈbʌntʃɪz
chiz
tʃɪz
conchies
ˈkɒntʃɪz
cross-benches
ˈkrɒsˌbentʃɪz
duchies
ˈdʌtʃɪz
laches
ˈlætʃɪz
Marches
ˈmɑːtʃɪz
munchies
ˈmʌntʃɪz
reaches
ˈriːtʃɪz
riches
ˈrɪtʃɪz
scratches
ˈskrætʃɪz
trenches
ˈtrɛntʃɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRONT BENCHES

front bench
front bottom
front burner
front court
front crawl
front desk
front door
front line
front list
front loader
front man
front matter
front money
front of house
front office
front organization
front page
front person
front room
front row

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRONT BENCHES

batten down the hatches
cartes blanches
clutches
column inches
Court of Arches
Darwin´s finches
Dutchman´s-breeches
from rags to riches
in stitches
knee breeches
nouveaux riches
Opposition benches
pull one´s punches
riding breeches
rimes riches
sons of bitches
the Marches
too big for one´s breeches
under hatches
World Council of Churches

Synonyms and antonyms of front benches in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «front benches» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRONT BENCHES

Find out the translation of front benches to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of front benches from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «front benches» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前面长椅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bancos delanteros
570 millions of speakers

English

front benches
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामने बेंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المقاعد الأمامية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

передние скамьи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bancos dianteiros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামনে বেঞ্চ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bancs avant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bangku hadapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vor Bänke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フロントベンチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앞 벤치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Benches ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

băng ghế phía trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன் பெஞ்சுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आघाडीचे बँचेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ön banklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banchi anteriori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przednie ławki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передні лави
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banci din față
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπροστά παγκάκια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

front banke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fram bänkar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foran benker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of front benches

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRONT BENCHES»

The term «front benches» is used very little and occupies the 166.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRONT BENCHES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about front benches

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRONT BENCHES»

Discover the use of front benches in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to front benches and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
923 Motion — Standing Order 168A — —Seating in the Chamber 924 [Mr. Omweri] Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am also wondering about this question of Front Benches. After you had shown me what you meant by Front Benches, I counted about ...
2
Lost Initiatives: Canada's Forest Industries, Forest Policy, ...
Canada's Forest Industries, Forest Policy, and Forest Conservation R. Peter Gillis , Thomas R. Roach. 60. Doyle, Front Benches, pp. 48-49. 61. Canadian Annual Review (1914), p. 559. 62. Gibson, "Forest Management in New Brunswick." 63.
R. Peter Gillis, Thomas R. Roach, 1986
3
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
Gentleman was not anxious for the comfort of the -Members at large, but confined his sympathy to those Members who sat on the two front benches below the gangway, one of which he himself graced and adorned. The argument he had used ...
Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard, 1871
4
Parliament Today
the chamber, on the front benches of the two facing sets of rows, separated only by a table. Ministers sit on the front bench to the right of the Speaker's chair, Opposition leaders on the front bench to the left (hence the term frontbench ...
Andrew Adonis, 1993
5
Companion to the standing orders and guide to the ...
1.58 On both sides of the Chamber the front benches below the gangway are customarily occupied by Privy Counsellors. Steps of the Throne 1 .59 The following may sit on the steps of the Throne: • members of the House of Lords in receipt of ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords, 2010
6
The Canadian Regime
The front benches on the opposition side are occupied by the “shadow cabinet,” members who have been assigned a responsibility for criticizing a particular minister. It is the members occupying the front benches who monopolize most of the ...
Patrick Malcolmson, Richard Myers, 2012
7
The Speakership of the House of Lords: Report with Evidence
Enforcing such time limits is a sensitive matter, better handled by the front benches rather than the Speaker." Timed debates will be brought to an end, as now by the Speaker on an indication from the Table. 22. Other interventions, in particular ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Speakership of the House, 2005
8
Dispatches from the Revolution: Russia, 1916-18
The initiative for the first two days of the assembly came entirely from the generals, colonels and officials sitting on the front benches ... The Ataman, a sedate old general, led off with an address of welcome. The Cossacks, he said, were a free ...
Morgan Philips Price, Tania Rose, 1997
9
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Members that the Front Benches are exclusively reserved for Ministers and Assistant Ministers, and unless Back-benchers have any business to do on the Front Bench, they have no cause or reason to sit on the Front Bench. Therefore, I now ...
10
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
The other day the Speaker told us that any Member, if he wishes, can sit anywhere he likes provided he goes to the back and bows and he did not tell us that the Front Benches were excluded. The Deputy Speaker (Dr. De Souza): Let me make ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRONT BENCHES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term front benches is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Meet your new Scottish MPs: #32 Ian Murray, Edinburgh South
... Ian Murray almost by default became the Shadow Scottish Secretary on Labour's front benches and has been a regular fixture in coverage of ... «The National, Jun 15»
2
Q and A: Independent MP Brent Rathgeber on two years outside the …
... middle to the front benches, and the way you achieve that is by building up political capital within the PMO if you are on the government side, ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
3
MP Shailesh Vara on his time with Mrs T, why he's not happy with …
... risen to be a government minister in his adopted country and has spent seven and a half years of his 10 years as an MP on the front benches. «Peterborough Telegraph, Jun 15»
4
Britain staying in Europe looks more and more absurd
Faced with a united front of European bureaucrats, the front benches of the main parties and, of course, the hectoring of the Scottish National ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
France's Front National Set to Announce European Parliamentary …
... Pen/Front National-led group, not only because it would place the French, right wing leader on the front benches next to UKIP's Nigel Farage, ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
6
Unionist parties unite to deny Scotland full fiscal autonomy
In what was clearly a surprise to the Labour and Tory front benches, SNP Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie confirmed that his party would ... «The National, Jun 15»
7
Menzies Campbell: 'The impression given of Charles Kennedy was …
Memories came flooding back for everyone and the priest joked that “whatever front benches he may have been on elsewhere, he was ... «The National, Jun 15»
8
Opinion: If MPs truly want to represent us they should take a pay cut …
The front benches on both sides of the house have, over the years, seen a healthy smattering of MPs who have risen (if that's the right word) ... «Ipswich Star, Jun 15»
9
Easy tiger! Shadow minister Chris Bryant accused of flirting with …
New Culture Secretary John Wittingdale later joked about the exchange, saying: “I welcome the love-in between the two Front Benches, but I ... «PinkNews, Jun 15»
10
Charles Kennedy: A political contact and a chum
He stood down, never to return to the front benches. Did the public shun him? Friends, they did not. Not long afterwards, he was mobbed by ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

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