Congress
['kɒŋgres] or ['kɑŋɡrəs]
Definition
(noun.) the legislature of the United States government.
(noun.) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives.
(noun.) a national legislative assembly.
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Definition
(n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
(n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
(n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
(n.) A gathering or assembly; a conference.
(n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
(n.) The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
(n.) The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Meeting, assembly, convention, council, diet, convocation, synod.[2]. National legislature (of the U. S.), Senate and House of Representatives.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Parliament, council, conclave, assembly, synod, legislature, convention
ANT:Cabal, conclave, mob
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Definition
n. a meeting together or assembly as of ambassadors &c. for political purposes: the federal legislature of the United States.—v.i. to meet in congress.—adj. Congres′sional.—n. Con′gressman a member of congress.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
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Examples
- Only in the summer of 1776 did Congress take the irrevocable step of declaring for separation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mirabeau should be printed; and that the president should write a letter of condolence upon the occasion to the Congress of America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Near the close of the short session of Congress of 1844-5, the bill for the annexation of Texas to the United States was passed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Congress had appropriated $8,000 to maintain it for the first year, and placed it under the direction of the Postmaster-General. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The one thing Congress has not done is to use the talents of business men for the nation's advantage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There had been great delay in obtaining the authority of Congress for the raising of the troops asked for by the administration. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In May, 1879, an international congress was convened, under the auspices of Ferdinand de Lesseps, to consider the question of the best location and plan of the canal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Morse now decided to bring his invention to the attention of Congress. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Congress also gave him a vote of thanks for the victories at Chattanooga, and voted him a gold medal for Vicksburg and Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Upon application to Congress to be recalled, Mr. Jefferson was appointed to succeed him in 1785. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I must now beg leave to say something relating to myself, a subject with which I have not often troubled the Congress. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The gentlemen who presented these two members of Congress asked me if I would have any objections to their addressing my regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The only members of Congress I knew were Washburne and Philip Foulk. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The allies, after the fashion of Peace Congresses, frittered away precious time in more and more rapacious disputes; the Bourbons returned to France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You hear it in the loud, clear, but more restrained tones of Congresses and Conferences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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