1. (

• Congress ,
• United_States_Congress ,
• U.S._Congress ,
• US_Congress

) the legislature of the United States government ;

2. (

• congress

) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives ;

3. (

• congress ,

) a national legislative assembly ;

4. (

• meeting ,
• coming_together ,
• congress ,

) the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"; "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress" ;