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Meaning of tribunal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[trɪˈbuː.naɫ]

Definitions

  1. a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dais, camp platform
    declension-3
  2. cenotaph
    declension-3
  3. a court of law, tribunal; judgment
    declension-3, metonymically
  4. any platform used for purposes other than above
    broadly, declension-3
  5. mound, dam, embankment
    broadly, declension-3
  6. height, greatness
    declension-3, figuratively

Equivalents

English court of law

Examples

“27 - 25 BC . Ab Urbe Condita, Titus Livius, II, Chapter XII. Ubi eo venit, in confertissima turba prope regium tribunal constitit. When he came there, he was standing in the crammed crowd, near the king's tribunal.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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