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con·gress

congress

 
 
pronunciation:
kang grihs
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part of speech: noun
definition: Congress is the part of the U.S. government that make laws. Members of Congress are elected by the people of the different states. Congress is made up of two parts. One part is the Senate and the other is the House of Representatives.
Congress is made up of 535 members all together. 100 of them are in the Senate, and the other 435 are in the House of Representatives.
similar words:
legislature
derivations: congressional (adj.), congressionally (adv.)
Word Builder: congress +
  • congressman:
    a man who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • congresswoman:
    a woman who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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