Congress (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. (initial capital letter)
    • the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution.
    • this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: the Ninety-Seventh Congress.
    • a session of this body: to speak in Congress.
  2. the national legislative body of a nation, especially of a republic.
  3. a formal meeting or assembly of representatives for the discussion, arrangement, or promotion of some matter of common interest.
  4. the act of coming together; an encounter; meeting.
  5. an association, especially one composed of representatives of various organizations.
  6. familiar relations; dealings intercourse.
  7. sexual intercourse; coitus.
verb (used without object)
  1. to assemble together; meet in congress.
noun
  1. a meeting or conference, esp of representatives of a number of sovereign states
  2. a national legislative assembly
  3. a society or association
  4. sexual intercourse
noun
  1. the bicameral federal legislature of the US, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate
  2. this body during any two-year term
  3. (in India) a major political party, which controlled the Union government from 1947 to 1977
Congress (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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