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( religion ) a group of people who attend a particular church

He has been a member of the congregation for 20 years. Con • gress / ' kaqgras / noun [ singular ] ( politics ) a group of people who make the laws in the U.S. and some other countries

He ran for Congress (= tried to win the election ) in 2008. Word building The U.S. Government The government in the U.S. is divided into three parts: the legislative branch , the executive branch , and the judicial branch . The legislative branch is responsible for making laws. This is the U.S. Congress , which is made up of two groups of people: the Senate and the House of Representatives .

The executive branch is led by the president , and includes the vice president and the rest of the Cabinet (= other important politicians ) .

The judicial branch includes the Supreme Court , which is the most important court in the country.

con • gress • man / 'kangrasman / ( also con • gress • wom . an / ' kaqgras|wuman / ) noun [ count ] ( plural con .gress • men / ' kangrasman / con • gress . wom • en / ' kaqgraswiman / ) ( politics ) a member of the U.S. Congress, especially the House of Representatives

— Look at senator .

con • ju • gate / ' kand₃ageit / verb ( con • ju • gates , con • ju • gat ing , con • ju • gat • ed )

( english language arts ) to give the different forms of a verb

Can you conjugate the verb "to be"?

con • junc • tion / kan' d3AqkJn / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a word that joins other words or parts of a sentence

"And," "or", and "but" are conjunctions. in conjunction with someone or something

together with someone or something

СОП .nect Ф / ks'nekt / verb ( con • nects , con • nect ing , con nect • ed )

to join one thing to another thing

This cord connects the computer to the printer.

The suburb is connected to the city by a new subway line.

to have a connection with another person or thing There is no evidence to connect her to the crime.

con .пес .tion Ф /ь'пекрп/ noun

[ count ]

the way that one thing is joined or related to another

We had a bad connection on the phone, so I couldn't hear him very well.

Is there a connection between violence on TV and crime?

a train, an airplane, or a bus that leaves a place soon after another arrives, so that people can change from one to the other

The train was late, so I missed my connection . in connection with something

( formal )

about something

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.

con • quer / ' kagksr / verb ( con quers,con quer• ing ,con •quered)

( politics ) to take control of a country or city and its people by force

The Spanish conquered the Incas in South America.

con • quer • or / ' kagksrsr / noun [ count ]

con • quest / ' kagkwest / noun

[ count, noncount ]

an act of taking control of land or people the conquest of South America

con • science / ' kanjsns / noun

[ count, noncount ]

the feeling inside you about what is right and wrong He has a guilty conscience (= he feels that he has done something wrong ) .

con • sci • en • tious / |kanji'enjss / adjective

careful to do things correctly and well She's a very conscientious student.

СОП .scious Ф / kanjos / adjective

1 If you are conscious of something, you know about it

was conscious that someone was watching me.

—SYNONYM aware

awake and able to see, hear, feel, and think The patient was conscious during the operation.

—ANTONYM unconscious

con • scious • ly / ' kanfssli / adverb

con • scious • ness / ' kanjssnss / noun

[noncount]