What does Congress mean?

Definitions for Congress
ˈkɒŋ grɪs; kənˈgrɛs, kəŋ-con·gress

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congressnoun

    the legislature of the United States government

  2. congressnoun

    a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

  3. congressnoun

    a national legislative assembly

  4. sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledgenoun

    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 occur

Wiktionary

  1. congressnoun

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

  2. congressnoun

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

  3. congressnoun

    (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.

  4. congressnoun

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

    The National Congress of American Indians

  5. congressnoun

    Sexual intercourse.

  6. Congressnoun

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

  7. Congressnoun

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

  8. congressnoun

    Plural form of congressman.

  9. congressnoun

    Plural form of congresswoman.

  10. Etymology: From congressum, the past participle of congredi 'to go or come together', itself from con- + gradi 'to go or step'.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CONGRESSnoun

    Etymology: congressus, Latin.

    Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;
    Their congress in the field great Jove withstands,
    Both doom’d to fall, but fall by greater hands. John Dryden, Æn.

    From these laws may be deduced the rules of the congresses and reflections of two bodies. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.

Wikipedia

  1. Congress

    A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin congressus.

ChatGPT

  1. congress

    Congress is a formal gathering or meeting of representatives or delegates from various groups, organizations, or countries to discuss, negotiate, and make decisions on matters of common interest. It is also used to refer specifically to the national legislative body of a country, such as the United States Congress, which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Congressnoun

    a meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter

  2. Congressnoun

    a sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things

  3. Congressnoun

    the coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition

  4. Congressnoun

    a gathering or assembly; a conference

  5. Congressnoun

    a formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest

  6. Congressnoun

    the collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation

  7. Congressnoun

    the lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years

Wikidata

  1. Congress

    A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different nations, constituent states, independent organizations, or groups. The term was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequent to the use of congress by the U.S. legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas, to refer to their legislatures. Relationships in congress have historically proven to be controversial in any country, with a prime example transpiring in recent years between U.S. President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Congress

    kong′gres, n. a meeting together or assembly, as of ambassadors, &c., for political purposes: the federal legislature of the United States.—v.i. to meet in congress.—adj. Congres′sional.—n. Con′gressman, a member of congress. [L. con, together, and gradi, gressus, to step, to go.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Congress

    is a diplomatic conference at which the representatives of sovereign States discuss matters of importance to their several countries, the most celebrated of which are those of Münster and Osnabrück, which issued in the treaty of Westphalia in 1648, at the end of the Thirty Years' War; of Rastadt, at the end of Spanish Succession War, in 1797; of Vienna, at the end of Napoleon's wars, in 1815; of Paris, in 1856, at the end of Russian War; and of Berlin, in 1878, at the end of Russo-Turkish war; but the name has come to be applied in federal republics to the legislative assembly which directs national as distinct from State concerns. In the United States, Congress consists of the Senate, elected by the State legislatures and the House of Representatives, elected directly by the people. It meets on the first Monday in December, and receives the President's message for the year. It imposes taxes, contracts loans, provides for national defence, declares war, looks after the general welfare, establishes postal communication, coins money, fixes weights and measures, &c. &c., but it is prohibited from preferential treatment of the several States, establishing or interfering with religion, curtailing freedom of speech, or pursuing towards any citizen, even under legal forms, a course of conduct which is unjust or even oppressive.

  2. Congress

    the Belgian Constituent Assembly, 1830-1831.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CONGRESS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Congress is ranked #77788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Congress surname appeared 246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Congress.

    69.1% or 170 total occurrences were Black.
    24.8% or 61 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Congress' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2061

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Congress' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1177

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Congress' in Nouns Frequency: #842

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Congress in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Congress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Congress in a Sentence

  1. President Barack Obama:

    And those very same members of Congress then cut (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) budgets to make it impossible to enforce the law.

  2. Jeb Hensarling:

    As more Americans and more members of Congress learned about Ex-Im's political lending, corruption and fundamental unfairness, the more they wanted it to expire, now the challenge for supporters of a competitive free-market economy is to make sure Ex-Im stays expired.

  3. Phil McAlister:

    The private sector is technically and financially capable of developing and operating commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, with NASA's assistance. We look forward to sharing our lessons learned and operations experience with the private sector to help them develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective destinations in space, the report we have delivered to Congress describes, in detail, our comprehensive plan for ensuring a smooth transition to commercial destinations after retirement of the International Space Station in 2030.

  4. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

    To help deal with this surge, we've sent an urgent request to Congress: give the VA more flexibility so it can move funds to where they are needed right now, i'm calling on Congress to approve this request quickly, this month. Our vets need it and our hospitals need it.

  5. President Obama:

    Congress should be aware that if this diplomatic solution fails, then the risks and likelihood that this ends up being at some point a military confrontation is heightened -- and Congress will have to own that as well.

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