congress
pronunciation
How to pronounce congress in British English:
UK [ˈkɒŋɡres]
How to pronounce congress in American English:
US [ˈkɑːŋɡrəs]
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- Noun:
- a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
- a national legislative assembly
- the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Word Origin
- congress
- congress: [16] A congress is literally a ‘coming together’ – hence, a ‘meeting’. The word comes from Latin congressus, which was based on the past participial stem of congredī ‘come together’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and gradī ‘go, walk’ (a derivative of gradus ‘step’, from which English gets grade, gradual, and graduate). The application of the word to the US legislature dates from the 1770s.=> grade, gradual, graduate, progress, transgress
- congress (n.)
- c. 1400, "body of attendants; also "meeting of armed forces" (mid-15c.); main modern sense of "coming together of people, a meeting" is from 1520s; from Latin congressus "a friendly meeting; a hostile encounter," past participle of congredi "meet with, fight with," from com- "together" (see com-) + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (see grade (n.)). Sense of "meeting of delegates" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. Used in reference 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.
Example
- 1. Congress has also joined in .
- 2. So why is congress bothering ?
- 3. Neither have some in congress .
- 4. This year 's mobile world congress is no different .
- 5. Congress has already given carmakers money to do this .