congress
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈkɒŋɡrɛs/
- Formal
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Congreso
- The new policy proposed by the president must be approved by Congress before it can take effect.
And finally the American people and Congress are out talking about it.
- And finally the American people and Congress are out talking about it.
- They're getting destroyed by Congress about privacy concerns.
- If the law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.
- And second of all, most people in Congress don't think of themselves as crooks.
- And also the Republican Congress withdrew a lot of the funding for them.
- The worry is that the US might have a Congress that's unable to agree on anything.
- Anyway, I I agree with you Heather, it's a problem and Congress needs to act.
- No, we, we go to DC and, and talk to members of Congress, talk to their staff, talk to.
- These are all kind of the sort of stuff that we expect Congress and the executive to do.
- Trump, you pay attention as you know that Donald Trump and Congress are fighting.
- But it was really Congress that site anyway.
Examples
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And also the Republican Congress withdrew a lot of the funding for them.
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And I hope that, I hope I'm wrong and I hope that Congress acts on this quickly.
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If the law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.
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And finally the American people and Congress are out talking about it.
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So if you want Environmental Protection, go to Congress and get them to want it.
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Now that you are in Congress, what do you think can be done?
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It's the moment every member of Congress fears having to work longer hours.
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The worry is that the US might have a Congress that's unable to agree on anything.
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The bills that he's trying to push through Congress are not popular.
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Right now, he faces a divided congress during a hotly-contested re-election year.
Synonyms
449
3.5
The group of people who make and pass a country's laws
356
5.3
A group of people who make and change the laws of a country or region
28
2.5
The part of the United States government that makes laws, made of the Senate and the House of Representatives
24
2.5
A national group of elected people who make United States laws and includes the Senate and House of Representatives
10
3.0
A national body that makes laws, including the Senate and the House of Representatives
8
4.5
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
1
6.8
A group of people who make laws for a state or country
1
5.4
A group of elected people who make and change laws for a country or region
Compounds
28
2.5
The part of the United States government that makes laws, made of the Senate and the House of Representatives
- Formal
24
2.5
A national group of elected people who make United States laws and includes the Senate and House of Representatives
- Formal
10
3.0
A national body that makes laws, including the Senate and the House of Representatives
5
6.4
An assembly of colonial representatives who met during the American Revolution to govern and form a national government
1
6.9
A group of Iraqi opposition leaders and parties formed in 1992 to oppose Saddam Hussein
- Archaic
An ankle-high shoe with elastic sides, worn in the 1800s and early 1900s
A group of trade unions in North America formed in 1935 that joined the American Federation of Labor in 1955
- NSFW
Sexual activity the law makes illegal, for example sex with a close family member or with a child
A large group of trade unions in the United States that represents workers
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
congress = con + gress
The institutional sense ('the national legislative body') is an extended, specialized meaning of the same Latin-derived formation; learners cannot infer this specific institutional sense from the morphemes alone.
Etymology
The word congress comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and -gress 'step', the same root as progress. That's why Congress is the national group of people who 'come together' to make laws.