Word definition: Congress

proper noun


the Congress

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

(India) Clipping of Indian National Congress.

Congress

A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.

A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Related words


synonyms

(the two legislative bodies of the US): Capitol Hill

(Indian National Congress): INC

noun


Congress (plural Congresses)

(US) A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.

Examples


Two regular sessions of our federal legislative body are called a Congress, and Congresses have been numbered consecutively since the first one met in 1789. The first two sessions were called the first Congress; […]

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