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# congress

«congress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The group of people elected to make laws in the USA, made…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a congress, congresses; Congress)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Congress, US) The group of people elected to make laws in the USA, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#m1)

2) A large formal meeting of representatives from many groups or countries: a medical congress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#m2)

3) A law-making body in some other countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons about the USA, Congress passes laws, and the President signs them. In news, a congress is a big conference. Phrases: in Congress, member of Congress, Congress passed a law, a world congress.

### examples

- At the International Mathematical Congress held in Paris in 1900, Cantor suggested that zero was pro- bably in use among the Babylonians as early as 1700 B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x1)
- Congress meets in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x2)
- The new law was passed by Congress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x3)
- A member of Congress visited our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x4)
- Doctors from many countries met at an international congress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x5)
- Congress has two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x6)
- The UK has Parliament instead of Congress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x7)
- On the wall hung a large colored print, representing the congress of Vienna, and all the kings and emperors at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/#x8)

### note

Capital C for the US law-making body; small c for a big meeting. Adjective: congressional. Other countries have a parliament (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) or the Dáil (Ireland).

### In the corpora

- [A parliament is a group of elected representatives who debate and make laws; in the United States it is called Congress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/96-laws-voting-government/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «congress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/congress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.