- sovereignty
- nounADJECTIVE▪ absolute, full, unlimited▪
Demonstrators demanded full sovereignty for the self-proclaimed republic.
▪ limited▪ joint, shared (both esp. BrE)▪ national, popular▪ British, Japanese, etc.▪ consumer, economic, legal, parliamentary (esp. BrE), political, state, territorial, tribal▪Native American tribal sovereignty
VERB + SOVEREIGNTY▪ exercise, have▪China exercises sovereignty over Hong Kong.
▪ share▪ claim, establish▪ give sb/sth, grant sb/sth▪ cede, give up, relinquish, surrender, transfer, turn over (esp. AmE)▪In 1949 the Dutch ceded sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the Indonesian Republic.
▪ recognize, respect▪We must respect the sovereignty of member states.
▪ threaten▪ violate▪ defendSOVEREIGNTY + VERB▪ reside in sb/sth, reside with sb/sth▪Sovereignty resides with the people.
PREPOSITION▪ sovereignty over▪The treaty gave Edward III sovereignty over Calais and the whole of Aquitaine.
PHRASES▪ the handover of sovereignty, the return of sovereignty, the transfer of sovereignty▪the handover of sovereignty to the new government
▪fears about the transfer of sovereignty to the European Union
▪ the loss of sovereignty▪Politicians were alarmed over the potential loss of national sovereignty.
▪the partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions
▪ a claim to sovereignty▪Two countries have a claim to sovereignty over the islands.
▪ the sovereignty of Parliament (esp. BrE), the sovereignty of the people▪This constitutes an attack on the sovereignty of Parliament.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
