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CONGRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The social act of assembling for some common purpose
Example:
the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress
Synonyms:
coming together; congress; meeting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("congress" is a kind of...):
assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "congress"):
rendezvous (a meeting planned at a certain time and place)
session (a meeting devoted to a particular activity)
socialisation; socialising; socialization; socializing (the act of meeting for social purposes)
visit (the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity)
visit (the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection))
visit (the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The legislature of the United States government
Synonyms:
Congress; U.S. Congress; United States Congress; US Congress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Congress" is a kind of...):
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
Meronyms (members of "Congress"):
Senate; U.S. Senate; United States Senate; US Senate (the upper house of the United States Congress)
House of Representatives; U.S. House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; US House; US House of Representatives (the lower legislative house of the United States Congress)
Holonyms ("Congress" is a member of...):
legislative branch (the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A meeting of elected or appointed representatives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("congress" is a kind of...):
group meeting; meeting (a formally arranged gathering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "congress"):
Continental Congress (the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A national legislative assembly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("congress" is a kind of...):
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb congress
