congress

8 definitions • 11 examples

a large formal meeting of representatives from countries or societies at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged:

an international/medical congress

the congress of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

the act of having sex:

Congress had not taken place.

They had engaged in sexual congress.

the elected group of politicians in the US who are responsible for making the law, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives:

Both houses of Congress have rejected the recent presidential proposal on gun control.

a formal meeting of representatives from countries or organizations at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged:

the fourth congress of the European Association for Lexicography

the elected group of people in the US who are responsible for making the law, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives:

Congress has rejected the president’s plan.

the elected group of politicians in the US who are responsible for making the laws. Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives:

Established by Congress to protect investors, the SEC monitors publicly traded interests.

a large formal meeting of people who represent different organizations, countries, etc., at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged:

The union's annual congress voted on a resolution demanding that the government increase minimum wage levels.

the congress of the International Press Institute

a group of people who are elected to govern in some countries:

The Brazilian congress discussed reopening the inquiry.