congressional
pronunciation
How to pronounce congressional in British English:
UK [kənˈgreʃənl]
How to pronounce congressional in American English:
US [kənˈɡreʃənl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to congress
Word Origin
- congressional (adj.)
- 1690s, from Latin congressionem (from congressus, see congress) + -al (1). Originally sometimes reviled as barbarous, Pickering (1816) quotes an unnamed English correspondent: "The term Congress belonging to America, the Americans may employ its derivatives, without waiting for the assent of the English."
Example
- 1. Democrats are singing the same tune in congressional races .
- 2. Mr price counsels against paying excessive attention to congressional thunder and lightning .
- 3. The congressional response is a disaster .
- 4. The proposals still need congressional approval .
- 5. The nonpartisan congressional budget office agreed .