SNP

abbreviation for

Scottish National Party

QUIZZES

DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for snp

After 80 years of the SNP fighting for independence, their moment has finally arrived.
Scots Must Choose Heart or Head|Nico Hines|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the Scottish National Party (SNP) has no plan to raise taxes.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He also allowed Scotland to push the vote back until this year, which gave the SNP enough time to win the public around.
Anarchy for the U.K.? British Leaders Panicking Over Scottish Vote for Independence|Nico Hines|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would, as one leading Labour figure put it, kill the SNP “stone dead.”
A Stand-Alone Scotland|Alex Massie|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Voting for the SNP swiftly became the means by which many Scots expressed the political side of this cultural shift.
A Stand-Alone Scotland|Alex Massie|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING