- congress
- noun1 large formal meeting/series of meetingsADJECTIVE▪ international, national, world▪ annual▪ party▪ extraordinary▪ fullVERB + CONGRESS▪ attend▪
Three hundred delegates attended the party congress.
▪ address▪ convene, hold▪ organize▪ open▪The general secretary opened the congress on global warming.
▪ closeCONGRESS + VERB▪ take place▪ adopt sth, agree to sth, approve sth▪The congress agreed to the tax-cutting package.
▪ call for sth▪ elect sb▪ voteCONGRESS + NOUN▪ attendee, delegate, participant▪We wanted to offer the congress participants a greater diversity of content.
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the congress▪We met again at the annual congress.
▪ congress on▪a congress on language in education
2 Congress (in the US and some other countries) group of people elected to make lawsADJECTIVE▪ Democratic, Republican▪The Republican congress applauded this news enthusiastically.
VERB + CONGRESS▪ call▪The committee will call a national congress of 1 000 delegates.
▪ suspend▪President Fujimori suspended Congress and the judiciary.
▪ dissolve▪Within two years of coming to power, he dissolved Congress and the courts.
▪ go to▪They will have to go to Congress to get the money.
▪ take sth to▪Outraged, he took his case to Congress.
CONGRESS + VERB▪ approve sth, authorize sth▪Congress approved most of the new powers.
▪Congress authorized $18 billion to launch the program.
▪ enact sth, mandate sth (AmE), pass sth▪Congress passed a series of important measures.
▪Congress annually enacts legislation to fund NASA.
▪ reject sth▪ consider sth, debate sth▪Congress is currently considering legislation that would authorize the US nuclear weapons laboratories to study new types of nuclear weapons.
▪Congress debated the issue at length.
▪ vote▪Congress voted to delay a decision.
▪ appropriate sth (AmE)▪Congress appropriated $75 million for the program.
▪ adjourn▪Congress adjourned for the year without approving an economic stimulus package.
CONGRESS + NOUN▪ member▪ leaderPREPOSITION▪ in congress▪The liberals in Congress felt the reforms did not go far enough.
PHRASES▪ a member of Congress▪ a session of Congress▪legislation for the next session of Congress
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
