English noun: Congress |
| 1. | Congress (group) the legislature of the United States government |
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| Synonyms | U.S. Congress, United States Congress, US Congress |
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| Broader (hypernym) | general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature |
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| Member holonym | House of Representatives, Senate, U.S. House, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, US House, US House of Representatives, US Senate |
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| Member meronym | legislative branch |
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| 2. | congress (group) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives |
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| Broader (hypernym) | group meeting, meeting |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Continental Congress |
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| 3. | congress (group) a national legislative assembly |
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| Broader (hypernym) | general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature |
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| 4. | congress (act) 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 |
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| Synonyms | carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ass, criminal congress, defloration, fuck, fucking, hank panky, nookie, nooky, penetration, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup, unlawful carnal knowledge |
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| Part holonym | insemination |
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