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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarycon·gress \ˈkäŋ-grəs also -rəs, Brit usu ˈkäŋ-ˌgres\ noun ETYMOLOGY Latin congressus, from congredi to come together, from com- + gradi to go — more at grade DATE 15281. a. the act or action of coming together and meeting b. coitus2. a formal meeting of delegates for discussion and usually action on some question3. the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic4. an association usually made up of delegates from constituent organizations5. a single meeting or session of a group• con·gres·sio·nal \kən-ˈgresh-nəl, kän-, -ˈgre-shə-nəl\ adjective• con·gres·sio·nal·ly adverbEnglish Etymologycongress 1520s, from L. congressus "a meeting, hostile encounter," pp. of congredi "meet with, fight with," from com- "together" + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (see grade). Sense of "meeting of delegates" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. Used in ref. to the national legislative body of the American states since 1775 (though since 1765 in America as a name for proposed bodies). Congress of Vienna met Nov. 1, 1814, to June 8, 1815, and redrew the map of Europe with an eye to creating a balance of powers after the disruptions of Napoleon. Related: Congressional (1690s).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ congresscon·gress / 5kCN^res; NAmE 5kB:N^rEs / noun[C + sing. / pl. v.] 1. a large formal meeting or series of meetings where representatives from different groups discuss ideas, make decisions, etc. 代表大会: an international congress of trades unions 工会国际代表大会 2. Congress (in the US and some other countries) the name of the group of people who are elected to make laws, in the US consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives (美国及其他一些国家的)国会,议会: Congress will vote on the proposals tomorrow. 国会明天将对提案进行投票表决。 3. used in the names of political parties in some countries (用于某些国家的政党名称)国民大会: the African National Congress 非洲国民大会 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishcongress noun 1 large formal meeting/series of meetings ADJ. international, national, world | annual | party | all-party | founding, inaugural | emergency | extraordinary | full VERB + CONGRESS attend, go to Three hundred delegates attended the Liberal party congress. | address | convene, hold | organize, schedule | open The general secretary opened the congress on global warming. | close CONGRESS + VERB take place | agree to sth, approve sth, adopt sth The congress agreed to the tax-cutting package. | call for sth | elect sb | vote CONGRESS + NOUN delegate, leader | debate PREP. at a/the ~ We met again at the annual congress. | in ~ It was a year before the association met again in congress. | ~ on a congress on language in education 2 Congress: group of people elected to make laws CONGRESS + VERB approve sth Congress approved most of the new powers. | pass sth Congress passed a series of important measures. | vote Congress voted to delay a decision. PREP. in ~ The Liberals in Congress felt the reforms did not go far enough. PHRASES a member of Congress, a session of Congress legislation for the next session of Congress Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: verb Synonyms: GATHER 6, assemble, collect, congregate, forgather, muster, raise, rendezvousn. Function: noun Synonyms: ASSOCIATION 2, brotherhood, club, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, society, unionWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: library of congress classification , or congress shoe , or church congress , or congress cap , or congress gaiter , or congress moneycon·gressI. \ˈkäŋgrə̇s also ˈkȯŋ-, chiefly in substand speech -ŋr-\ noun(-es)Etymology: Latin congressus, from congressus, past participle of congredi to go or come together, from com- + gradi to step, go — more at grade1. a. : the act or action of coming together : a meeting especially of persons or mind < he was generally to be found in intellectual congress with Keyserling — Newsweek > b. : sexual intercourse, coition2. : a meeting of heads of states or their foreign ministers, ambassadors, or envoys for discussion and adjustment of international problems or affairs < the Congress of Vienna > < parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests — Edmund Burke >3. : the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic < in form at least the congresses of So. American nations resemble our own > < the Congress of the U.S. >4. : an organization designed to promote some object of common interest to its membership and usually made up of delegates from a group of constituent organizations : association < the Massachusetts Congress of Parents and Teachers, Incorporated > < the Congress for Cultural Freedom > < the Canada Trades and Labor Congress >5. : a particular meeting of a group (as a national legislature or cultural association) : a session or single sitting of an organization < the Seventy-first Congress was dominantly Republican — H.R.Penniman > < his committee … has over 3000 bills per Congress referred to it — Publishers' Weekly > < the Social Democratic party's congress was held in June >6. : a coming together or meeting of persons < the rupture of the disciplined silence sent an uneasy stir among the exhausted congress of soldiers — Jack Belden > < a congress of goons and thugs — S.H.Holbrook >7. : a seasonal assemblage of amphibians (as certain toads and frogs) for breeding purposesII. \kənˈgres\ intransitive verb(-ed/-ing/-es): to come together : assemble

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