CONGRESS
\kˈɒŋɡɹɛs], \kˈɒŋɡɹɛs], \k_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ɹ_ɛ_s]\
Definitions of CONGRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
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A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
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The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
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A gathering or assembly; a conference.
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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.
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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.
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The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
By Oddity Software
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A conference; an assembly or ambassadors, etc., for the settlement of international affairs: Congress, the national legislature of the United States.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A meeting together or assembly, as of ambassadors, etc., for political purposes: the federal legislature of the United States.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A meeting as of envoys, commissioners, deputies, &c.; the federal legislative body of the United States.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A meeting; an assembly of persons for the settlement of affairs between different states or countries; the legislature of the United States of America.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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