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; […]