Soviet Definition

sōvē-ĕt, -ĭt, sŏvē-, sōvē-ĕt
noun

Any of the various governing councils that performed executive and legislative functions in the Soviet Union: in structure the soviets formed a pyramid, with the village and town soviets as its base and the Supreme Soviet as its apex.

Webster's New World
Any similar council in a socialist governing system.
Webster's New World
The government officials or the people of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Uzbekistan.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
(history) Any of the governing workers' councils in the Soviet Union.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of a soviet or soviets or government by soviets.
Webster's New World
Of or connected with the Soviet Union.
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Other Word Forms of Soviet

Noun

Singular:
soviet
Plural:
soviets

Origin of Soviet

  • From Russian совет (sovet, “council"), from Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sÅ­vÄ›tÅ­, “advice"). Compounded from со- (so-) + Old Church Slavonic вѣтъ (vÄ›tÅ­, “agreement"), from Proto-Slavic *vÄ›tÑŠ (“council, talk"). Related words include навет, извет, ответ, привет, обет, вече, отвечать, ответить, завещать, and совещаться. Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome").

    From Wiktionary

  • Russian sovet council, soviet from Old Russian sŭvětŭ ksun in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian совет (sovét), советский (sovétskij)

    From Wiktionary

Soviet Sentence Examples

  • When the Soviet Union dissolved only two years later, not with a bang but with a whimper, we were slack-jawed with surprise.

  • The exact position of the native states of Bukhara and Khiva, which were later occupied by the Soviet Government, remained obscure.

  • The explanation was that he served as a link between the new Government and the Soviet of Workmen and Soldiers.

  • In 1920 she went to Russia as a member of one of the various Labour delegations invited to inspect Soviet conditions of government.

  • This Committee consists of 75 members, sending representatives to Moscow to the meetings of the Central Committee of the All-Russian Federation of Soviet Republics, but the Turkestan Republic showed itself very little inclined to accept the control which the Central Committee at Moscow endeavoured to maintain.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOV

Words Ending With

TETIET

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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