congress
IPA: kˈɑŋgrʌs
noun
- (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
- A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
- (often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
- An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
- (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.
- (countable, collective) A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.
- The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- A village in Ohio.
- (US) A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
- (India) Clipping of Indian National Congress.
verb
- (intransitive) To assemble together.
- To meet in a congress.
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Examples of "congress" in Sentences
- The congress accepted the demand.
- She was the hostess of the congress.
- Congress is answerable to the People.
- Congress is terrified of scrimping on it.
- The filibuster revisited in the 109th Congress.
- The Congress and the people went for annexation.
- Tamrakar is the Treasurer of the Nepali Congress.
- It was adjudged as the best paper in the Congress.
- In the end the Manifest was not adopted by the congress.
- The president of the Republic was elected by the Congress.