1. A national legislative assembly
   "The U.S. Congress is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives"
    
2. A meeting of elected or appointed representatives
   "The international medical congress brought together researchers from various countries"
    
3. The social act of assembling for some common purpose
   "the lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress";
   - meeting, coming together

1. The legislature of the United States government
   - United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress

Derived forms: congresses, Congresses

Type of: assemblage, assembly, gathering, general assembly, group meeting, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, meeting

Part of: legislative branch

Encyclopedia: Congress, OH