- of, characteristic of, or relating to the former Soviet Union, its people, or its government
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Soviet /ˈsəʊvɪət; ˈsɒv-/ adj
so•vi•et /ˈsoʊviˌɛt, -ɪt, ˌsoʊviˈɛt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Government(in the former Soviet Union)
- a governmental council, part of a hierarchy of councils at various levels of government.
- a committee of workers, peasants, or soldiers during the revolutionary period.
- Governmentany similar council in a socialist system of government.
adj. [before a noun]
- Governmentof or relating to a soviet.
so•vi•et
(sō′vē et′, -it, sō′vē et′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
so•vi•et•dom
(sō′vē et′dəm, -it-, sō′vē et′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Government(in the Soviet Union).
- (before the revolution) any governmental council.
- (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
- (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- Governmentany similar council or assembly connected with a socialistic governmental system elsewhere.
- Government, Language Varieties, Place Names(cap.) Often, Soviets. a governing official or person living in the Soviet Union:The Soviets have denied our charge.
adj.
- Governmentof or pertaining to a soviet.
- Government, Place Names, Language Varieties(cap.) of the Soviet Union:a Soviet statesman.
- Russian sovét council, counsel, advice, Old Russian, Old Church Slavonic sùvětù, equivalent. to sù- together, with + větù counsel; calque of Greek symboúlion
- 1915–20;
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soviet /ˈsəʊvɪət; ˈsɒv-/ n
- (in the former Soviet Union) an elected government council at the local, regional, and national levels, which culminated in the Supreme Soviet
- of or relating to a soviet
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