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U.S. CONGRESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does U.S. Congress mean?
• U.S. CONGRESS (noun)
The noun U.S. CONGRESS has 1 sense:
1. the legislature of the United States government
Familiarity information: U.S. CONGRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legislature of the United States government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Congress; U.S. Congress; United States Congress; US Congress
Hypernyms ("U.S. Congress" is a kind of...):
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
Meronyms (members of "U.S. Congress"):
Senate; U.S. Senate; United States Senate; US Senate (the upper house of the United States Congress)
House of Representatives; U.S. House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; US House; US House of Representatives (the lower legislative house of the United States Congress)
Holonyms ("U.S. Congress" is a member of...):
legislative branch (the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating)
Context examples
The transplant network established by the U.S. Congress under the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984.
(Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, NCI Thesaurus)
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