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congress

noun
/ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/US/ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/UK/kənˈɡɹɛs/

Etymology

From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“to go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“to go, step”). The verb is from the noun. Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, omitting several steps, from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference.

  1. derived from congressum

Definitions

  1. A formal gathering or assembly of persons

    A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.

  2. A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States…

    A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.

    • Republicans have their own high stakes in November. Losing control of Congress, they say, could mean a highly politicized impeachment of their president.

  3. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of…

    An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

    • Near-synonyms: federation, confederation
    • the National Congress of American Indians
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Coitus

      Coitus: sexual intercourse.

      • Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.

    2. A coming together of two or more people

      A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.

      • After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.

    3. A group of baboons

      A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.

      • […] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.
      • 2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133, Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.

    4. To assemble together.

    5. To meet in a congress.

    6. The two legislative bodies of the United States

      The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

      • The bill was stewarded through Congress to the President.

    7. The legislature of the Philippines.

    8. Clipping of Indian National Congress

    9. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.

    10. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.

    11. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

    12. A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before…

      A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.

      • Two regular sessions of our federal legislative body are called a Congress, and Congresses have been numbered consecutively since the first one met in 1789. The first two sessions were called the first Congress; […]

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Derived

congresscritter, congressfolk, congressfolks, congress gaiter, congress shoe, congress grass, congressional, congressionally, congressive, congressjerk, congressman, Congress Party, congressperson, congresswoman, marital congress, sexual congress, suspended congress, uncongressed, act of Congress

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA