Cong

¹ American  

[kong] / kɒŋ /

noun

1. Informal. Vietcong.

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cong. ² American  

abbreviation

1. gallon.

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Cong. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Congregational.

2. Congregationalist.

3. Congress.

4. Congressional.

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Cong. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Congregational

2. Congress

3. Congressional

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cong. ² British  

abbreviation

1. obsolete pharmacol congius

2. congregation

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Etymology

Origin of Cong¹

By shortening

Origin of cong.²

From the Latin word congius

Example Sentences

In the 1968 Tet Offensive, U.S. forces crushed the Viet Cong, dealing a near-fatal blow to the communist insurgency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over three years, from 1965 to 1968, the U.S. conducted Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign with the objective of putting the Viet Cong in their place — and it was remarkably unsuccessful.

From Salon

Thanh Cong Group, which supplies major clothing brands such as Adidas and Lacoste, told AFP its shipments to the United States had dipped last year, although it would not say by how much.

From Barron's

Ziwei Cong, a marketing professor at Georgetown University, sees AI slop bifurcating the internet.

From MarketWatch

There will still be demand for human-led craft, “but in the age of AI, the cost of human creation becomes so high” that it will be relegated to a very small, high-end market, Cong told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch