noun
1 large formal meeting/series of meetings
ADJECTIVE
▪ international , national , world
▪ annual
▪ party
▪ extraordinary
▪ full
VERB + CONGRESS
▪ attend
▪
Three hundred delegates attended the party ~.
▪ address
▪ convene , hold
▪ organize
▪ open
▪
The general secretary opened the ~ on global warming.
▪ close
CONGRESS + VERB
▪ take place
▪ adopt sth , agree to sth , approve sth
▪
The ~ agreed to the tax-cutting package.
▪ call for sth
▪ elect sb
▪ vote
CONGRESS + NOUN
▪ attendee , delegate , participant
▪
We wanted to offer the ~ participants a greater diversity of content.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
We met again at the annual ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on language in education
2 Congress (in the US and some other countries) group of people elected to make laws
ADJECTIVE
▪ Democratic , Republican
▪
The Republican ~ applauded this news enthusiastically.
VERB + CONGRESS
▪ call
▪
The committee will call a national ~ of 1 000 delegates.
▪ suspend
▪
President Fujimori suspended Congress and the judiciary.
▪ dissolve
▪
Within two years of coming to power, he dissolved Congress and the courts.
▪ go to
▪
They will have to go to Congress to get the money.
▪ take sth to
▪
Outraged, he took his case to Congress.
CONGRESS + VERB
▪ approve sth , authorize sth
▪
Congress approved most of the new powers.
▪
Congress authorized $18 billion to launch the program.
▪ enact sth , mandate sth ( AmE ), pass sth
▪
Congress passed a series of important measures.
▪
Congress annually enacts legislation to fund NASA.
▪ reject sth
▪ consider sth , debate sth
▪
Congress is currently considering legislation that would authorize the US nuclear weapons laboratories to study new types of nuclear weapons.
▪
Congress debated the issue at length.
▪ vote
▪
Congress voted to delay a decision.
▪ appropriate sth ( AmE )
▪
Congress appropriated $75 million for the program.
▪ adjourn
▪
Congress adjourned for the year without approving an economic stimulus package.
CONGRESS + NOUN
▪ member
▪ leader
PREPOSITION
▪ 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