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con·gress
(kŏng′grĭs)n.
1. A formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems.
2. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
3. Congress
a. The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
b. The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives.
4.
a. The act of coming together or meeting.
b. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
5. Sexual intercourse.
[Middle English congresse, body of attendants, from Latin congressus, meeting, from past participle of congredī, to meet : com-, com- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
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congress
(ˈkɒŋɡrɛs)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a meeting or conference, esp of representatives of a number of sovereign states
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a national legislative assembly
3. a society or association
4. sexual intercourse
[C16: from Latin congressus from congredī to meet with, from com- together + gradī to walk, step]
Congress
(ˈkɒŋɡrɛs)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the bicameral federal legislature of the US, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) this body during any two-year term
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called: Congress Party (in India) a major political party, which controlled the Union government from 1947 to 1977. Official name: Indian National Congress
Conˈgressional adj
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con•gress
(n. ˈkɒŋ grɪs; v. kənˈgrɛs, kəŋ-)n.
1. (cap.)
a. the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
b. this body as it exists for a period of two years with the same membership: the 100th Congress.
c. a session of this body.
2. the national legislative body of a nation, esp. of a republic.
3. a formal meeting of representatives for the discussion, arrangement, or promotion of some matter of common interest.
4. the act of coming together; encounter; meeting.
5. an association, esp. one composed of representatives of various organizations.
6. familiar relations; dealings; intercourse.
7. coitus; sexual intercourse.
v.i. 8. to assemble together; meet in congress.
[1520–30; Middle English < Latin congressus assembly, intercourse =congred(i) to approach, meet]
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Congress
a formal assembly of a union, trade body, or similar organization; the assembly of a society; the national legislative body of the United States of America, 1798.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Congress
Abbreviated name of the Indian National Congress Party. Formed in 1885 as an educational association to encourage political development, it became the principal vehicle for opposition to British rule. It was led by Gandhi from 1920.
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| Noun | 1. |  Congress - the legislature of the United States governmentU.S. Senate, United States Senate, US Senate, Senate - the upper house of the United States Congress House of Representatives, U.S. House, U.S. House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives, US House, US House of Representatives - the lower legislative house of the United States Congress law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws legislative branch - the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating |
| 2. | congress - a meeting of elected or appointed representatives group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" Continental Congress - the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation | |
| 3. | congress - a national legislative assembly law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws | |
| 4. |  congress - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occurcarnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, intercourse, relation sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" insemination - the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female hank panky - illicit sexual intercourse penetration - the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman criminal congress, unlawful carnal knowledge - forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
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congress
noun
1. meeting, council, conference, diet, assembly, convention, conclave, legislative assembly, convocation A lot has changed since the party congress.
2. legislature, house, council, parliament, representatives, delegates, quango, legislative assembly, chamber of deputies It's far from certain that the congress will approve them.
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congress
noun1. A formal assemblage of the members of a group:
2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:
assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.
Informal: get-together.
3. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common:
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Translations
مُؤْتَمَرمَجْلِس الشُّيوخ والنُّواب
kongressjezd
kongresKongressen
eduskuntakeskusliittokongressiliitto
kongres
kongresszus
òjóîòingráîstefna; òingþing
kongresaskongresmenaskongreso narėkongreso naryssuvažiavimas
kongress
Kongres
parlament
KongreMillet Meclisi
congress
[ˈkɒŋgres]B. CPD congress member N → miembro mf del congreso, congresista mf CABINET, CAPITOL
CONGRESS
En el Congreso de Estados Unidos (Congress) se elaboran y aprueban las leyes federales. Consta de dos cámaras: la Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives), cuyos 435 miembros son elegidos cada dos años por voto popular directo y en número proporcional a los habitantes de cada estado, y el Senado (Senate), con 100 senadores (senators), 2 por estado, de los que un tercio se elige cada dos años y el resto cada seis.
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Congress
[ˈkɒŋgrɛs] (POLITICS) n (in US) → Congrès m
(in India) → Congrès m
congress
[ˈkɒŋgrɛs] n → congrès mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
congress
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congress
(ˈkoŋgres) , ((American) -gris) noun1. a formal meeting, especially an assembly of delegates etc.
2. a law-making body or parliament, especially that of the United States. He has been elected to Congress.
conˈgressional (-ʃənl) adjectiveˈcongressman noun
ˈcongresswoman noun
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