Meaning of congress | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
   US
2. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
3. A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
   US
4. Congress, conference.
5. A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
6. The legislature of the Philippines.
   Philippine
7. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
8. A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
   countable, uncountable
9. The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
   Philippine
10. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.
11. A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
    capitalized, countable, often, uncountable
12. Clipping of Indian National Congress
    India, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
13. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
    countable, uncountable
14. Coitus; sexual intercourse.
    countable, dated, uncountable
15. A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.
    collective, countable

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Examples

“After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.”

“the National Congress of American Indians”

“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.”

“Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.”

“[…] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.”

“2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133, Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.”

“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; […]”

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