Opposition Front Bench

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• opposition front bench — šešėlinė vyriausybė statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis D. Britanijoje ir kai kuriose kitose, dažniausiai dvipartinėse, Vestminsterio tradicijos šalyse (Airija, Australija, Indija, Kanada) didžiausios opozicinės partijos sudarytas alternatyvus… …   Politikos mokslų enciklopedinis žodynas

• Opposition Front Bench (Ireland) — The Opposition Front Bench in Ireland are the front (and most visible) benches of the parties outside the Government. Since the 2011 elections, two parties occupy the front benches on the opposition side: Fianna Fáil Front Bench Sinn Féin Front… …   Wikipedia

• front bench — noun any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers • Derivationally related forms: ↑frontbencher • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern… …   Useful english dictionary

• front bench — front benches N COUNT COLL In Britain, the front bench or people who sit on the front bench are members of Parliament who are ministers in the Government or who hold official positions in an opposition party. Some of the Government front bench… …   English dictionary

• front-bench — frontˈ bench adjective Sitting on a front bench in parliament, as a minister, or an opposition member of similar standing • • • Main Entry: ↑front …   Useful english dictionary

• front bench — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms front bench : singular front bench plural front benches a) the front row of seats in the British Parliament where government ministers and senior Opposition politicians sit. Ordinary Members of Parliament sit… …   English dictionary

• front bench — /frʌnt ˈbɛntʃ/ (say frunt bench) noun the government ministers and members of the opposition shadow cabinet, who by tradition sit on the front seats to the right and left of the presiding officer of the legislature. Also, frontbench. –frontbench …  

• front bench — noun Date: circa 1889 either of the two benches nearest the chair in a British legislature (as the House of Commons) occupied by government and opposition leaders; also the leaders themselves compare backbench • front bencher noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• front bench — long seat in the British Parliament where ministers and Opposition leaders sit …   English contemporary dictionary

• Opposition — may mean or refer to: Opposition (planets), a term describing the position of a celestial body Opposition (chess), a term describing the position of the kings relative to each other Opposition proceeding, an administrative process available under …   Wikipedia