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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin congressum, the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun:)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/, /-ɹɛs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/
Audio (US) (file)
- (verb:)
Noun[edit]
congress (countable and uncountable, plural congresses)
- (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:
- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
- A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
- (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
- An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
- The National Congress of American Indians
- Coitus; sexual intercourse.
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)[1]:
- Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares.
Synonyms[edit]
- (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament
- (association) federation
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
legislative body
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conference
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association
sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse
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Verb[edit]
congress (third-person singular simple present congresses, present participle congressing, simple past and past participle congressed)
- (intransitive) To assemble together.
- To meet in a congress.
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