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

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. congressnoun

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

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

2. congressnoun

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

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

3. congressnoun

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

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

4. congressnoun

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

   The National Congress of American Indians

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

5. congressnoun

   Sexual intercourse.

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

6. Congressnoun

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

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

7. Congressnoun

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

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

8. congressnoun

   Plural form of congressman.

9. congressnoun

   Plural form of congresswoman.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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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

How to pronounce Congress?

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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. Barack Obama:

   Congress certainly shouldn't shut down our government again just because we disagree on this.

2. Spike Lee:

   Because I still don’t … I mean, I got questions. And I hope that maybe the legacy of this documentary is that Congress holds a hearing, a congressional hearing about 9/11.

3. Tench Coxe:

   Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American… [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.”, Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

4. Edward H. Crane:

   Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society.

5. President Trump:

   The easy solution is for me to call a national emergency, but Im not going to do that so fast as this is something Congress should do and were waiting for the Democrats to vote.

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