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   con·gress

   /ˈkäNGɡrəs/

   noun

   • 1. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives: "changes in taxation required the approval of Congress" Similar legislaturelegislative assemblyparliamentconvocationdietcouncilsenatechamberchamber of deputieshouseupper houselower houseupper chamberlower chambersecond chamber
   • ▪ a particular session of the US Congress: "the 104th Congress"
   • 2. a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline: "an international congress of mathematicians" Similar conferenceconventionseminarcolloquiumsymposiumconsultationforummeetingassemblygatheringcongregationrallyconvocationsummitsynodcouncilconclavehistorical:conventicle
   • 3. a society or organization, especially a political one: "the National Congress of American Indians"
   • 4. the action of coming together: "sexual congress"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting an encounter during battle): from Latin congressus, from congredi ‘meet’, from con- ‘together’ + gradi ‘walk’.

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