CONGRESS

noun a gathering or assembly; a conference.

2. congress ·noun a sudden encounter; a collision; a shock;

— said of things.

3. congress ·noun the lower house of the spanish cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.

4. congress ·noun a meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.

5. congress ·noun the coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.

6. congress ·noun 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.

7. congress ·noun 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.