congress
[noun]
Synonyms: meeting, assembly, conclave, conference, convention, council, legislature, parliament

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧gress /ˈkɒŋɡres $ ˈkɑːŋɡrəs/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: congressus 'meeting', from the past participle of congredi 'to come together', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + gradi 'to go']

1. [uncountable and countable] a formal meeting of representatives of different groups, countries etc, to discuss ideas, make decisions etc:
a congress of the ruling Labor Party

2. [countable] the group of people chosen or elected to make the laws in some countries

3. Congress the group of people elected to make laws in the US, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives:
The President has lost the support of Congress.

4. [singular] used in the names of political parties:
Gandhi’s Congress Party
—congressional /kənˈɡreʃənəl/ adjective [only before noun]:
a congressional committee

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

congress
noun
I. 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

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

congress
II. 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

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲