congress

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
2. (capitalized, countable, often, uncountable)A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.

   “Republicans have their own high stakes in November. Losing control of Congress, they say, could mean a highly politicized impeachment of their president.”

3. (countable, uncountable)An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

   “Near-synonyms: federation, confederation”

   “the National Congress of American Indians”

4. (countable, dated, uncountable)Coitus: sexual intercourse.

   “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.”

5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.

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

6. (collective, countable)A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.

   “[…] 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.”

7. (US)A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.

   “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; […]”

verb

1. (intransitive)To assemble together.
2. To meet in a congress.

name

1. (US)The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

   “The bill was stewarded through Congress to the President.”

2. (Philippine)The legislature of the Philippines.
3. (Philippine)The legislature of the Philippines.
4. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Indian National Congress
5. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
6. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
7. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.