Usually means: Legislative body of the government.
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  1. congress: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Congress, congress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. congress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. congress: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Congress, congress: Vocabulary.com
  6. COngress, Congress, Congress, congress: Wordnik
  7. Congress, congress: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Congress, congress: Wiktionary
  9. congress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. congress: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. congress: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Congress: Dictionary.com
  13. congress: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. congress: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Congress(I), Congress (Dolo), Congress (Indira), Congress (O), Congress (R), Congress (Secular), Congress (US), Congress (United States), Congress (Urs), Congress (disambiguation), Congress (solitaire), Congress, The Congress (short story), The Congress: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Congress: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. congress: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Congress: Rhymezone
  19. Congress: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. congress: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CONGRESS: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. congress: Free Dictionary
  23. congress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. congress: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. congress: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. congress: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Congress (I), Congress (Indira), congress: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. congress: Idioms
  3. congress: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Congress: Nine Planets Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Congress: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See congressed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
noun:  A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
noun:  (often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
noun:  An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
noun:  (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.
noun:  (countable, collective) A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.
verb:  (intransitive) To assemble together.
verb:  To meet in a congress.
noun:  The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
noun:  (Philippines) The legislature of the Philippines.
noun:  (more specifically) The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
noun:  A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
noun:  A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
noun:  A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.
noun:  (US) A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
noun:  (India) Clipping of Indian National Congress.

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