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Congress

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
congress (noun)
1.
a) the act or action of coming together and meeting
b) - coitus
2.
a formal meeting of delegates for discussion and usually action on some question
3.
the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic
4.
an association usually made up of delegates from constituent organizations
5.
a single meeting or session of a group
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
congress (noun)
1.
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
SYNONYMS:
parliament
RELATED WORDS:
assembly, chamber, council, diet, house, legislative, legislature; general assembly, legislative assembly
congress (noun)
2.
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
SYNONYMS:
assembly, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, huddle, powwow
RELATED WORDS:
clinic, workshop; cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod; demonstration, rally; confab, conversation, dialogue ( dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk; negotiation, parley, summit; conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium; audience, interview, session
congress (noun)
3.
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
SYNONYMS:
board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild ( gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
RELATED WORDS:
collective, commune, community, cooperative; alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership; body, cadre, group; circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch ( klatsch), lot, set; crew, outfit, party, squad, team; branch, chapter, local; faithful, fold, membership; sisterhood, sorority; cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy; band, gang, ring; cartel, combine, syndicate
congress (noun)
4.
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
SYNONYMS:
coition, coitus, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation, coupling, intercourse, lovemaking, mating, relations, sex, sex act, sexual relations
RELATED WORDS:
fornication; safe sex; carnality, sexuality; breeding, insemination; dalliance, hanky-panky, whoopee
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