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 Definitions of congress  [ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm]  

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Definition of 'congress' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) congress
(cap.)

2.  congress
the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

3.  congress
this body as it exists for a period of two years with the same membership:
the 100th Congress.

4.  congress
a session of this body.

5.  congress
the national legislative body of a nation, esp. of a republic.

6.  congress
a formal meeting of representatives for the discussion, arrangement, or promotion of some matter of common interest.

7.  congress
the act of coming together; encounter; meeting.

8.  congress
an association, esp. one composed of representatives of various organizations.

9.  congress
familiar relations; dealings; intercourse.

10.  congress
coitus; sexual intercourse.

11. (v.i.) congress
to assemble together; meet in congress.

Etymology:  (1520–30; ME < L congressus assembly, intercourse =congred(i) to approach, meet)

Definition of 'congress' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress
the legislature of the United States government

2. (noun) congress
a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

3. (noun) congress
a national legislative assembly

4. (noun) sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
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


Definition of 'congress' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) congress
a meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter

2. (noun) congress
a sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things

3. (noun) congress
the coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition

4. (noun) congress
a gathering or assembly; a conference

5. (noun) congress
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. (noun) congress
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. (noun) congress
the lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years


Definitions of 'congress' 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.


Translation of 'congress' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a formal meeting, especially an assembly of delegates etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kongres, byeenkoms, verga Arabic flag Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: конгрес
Brazilian flag Brazilian: congresso Czech flag Czech: kongres, sjezd German flag German: der Kongreß
Danish flag Danish: kongres Greek flag Greek: συνέλευση Spanish flag Spanish: congreso
Estonian flag Estonian: kongress, istung Farsi flag Farsi: کنگره؛ همایش Finnish flag Finnish: kongressi
French flag French: congrès Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹנגרֶס Hindi flag Hindi: एक औपचारिक बैठक, कांग्रेस
Croatian flag Croatian: kongres, skupština, skup Hungarian flag Hungarian: kongresszus Indonesian flag Indonesian: kongres
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ráðstefna; þing Italian flag Italian: congresso Japanese flag Japanese: 会議
Korean flag Korean: 의회 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: suvažiavimas, kongresas Latvian flag Latvian: kongress
Malay flag Malay: kongres Dutch flag Dutch: congres Norwegian flag Norwegian: kongress
Polish flag Polish: kongres Persian flag Persian: کنگره؛ همایش Pashto flag Pashto: كانګرس (كنګره)، ټولنه، ډل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: congresso Romanian flag Romanian: con­gres Russian flag Russian: конгресс
Slovak flag Slovak: kongres Slovenian flag Slovenian: kongres Serbian flag Serbian: kongres
Swedish flag Swedish: kongress Thai flag Thai: การประชุมอย่างเป็นทางการ Turkish flag Turkish: Kongre, Millet Meclisi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (代表)大會 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: з'їзд; конгрес Urdu flag Urdu: انجمن، می‍ٹ‍نگ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cuộc họp Chinese flag Chinese: (代表)大会

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