Definition of congressional in English:
congressional
adjective kənˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n(ə)lkənˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n(ə)l
1Belonging or relating to a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
the document surfaced in a congressional hearing last year
our congressional correspondent is standing by
Example sentencesExamples
- The vice president voted against congressional resolutions in the 1980s calling for the release of Mandela.
- Sufficient congressional support for additional income support appears secure.
- We had the distinct pleasure of hosting our congressional representative, who presented the check.
- Congressional investigators are starting to re-examine the entire matter.
- A news media event was followed by a congressional staff briefing.
- She is a former congressional lawyer and now a government ethics expert at Washington University.
- Congressional defenders of the farm program take strong issue with this decision.
- Domestic security is now a distant fifth in the list of top issues in the upcoming congressional races.
- The former chairperson had fought numerous congressional attempts to cut funding to the agency.
- The overseas invasion is poised to draw attention away from failed domestic policies, the stock market plunge, and tense congressional contests.
2Relating to a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates.
the congressional agricultural committees
Rhymes
confessional, expressional, impressional, obsessional, processional, professional, progressional, recessional, secessional, sessional, successional
Definition of congressional in US English:
congressional
adjectivekənˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n(ə)lkənˈɡreSH(ə)n(ə)l
1Belonging or relating to a national legislative body, especially that of the US.
the document surfaced in a congressional hearing last year
our congressional correspondent is standing by
Example sentencesExamples
- A news media event was followed by a congressional staff briefing.
- She is a former congressional lawyer and now a government ethics expert at Washington University.
- Domestic security is now a distant fifth in the list of top issues in the upcoming congressional races.
- Congressional defenders of the farm program take strong issue with this decision.
- The former chairperson had fought numerous congressional attempts to cut funding to the agency.
- We had the distinct pleasure of hosting our congressional representative, who presented the check.
- The vice president voted against congressional resolutions in the 1980s calling for the release of Mandela.
- Congressional investigators are starting to re-examine the entire matter.
- The overseas invasion is poised to draw attention away from failed domestic policies, the stock market plunge, and tense congressional contests.
- Sufficient congressional support for additional income support appears secure.
2Relating to a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates.
the congressional agricultural committees