caucus

cau·cus

C0170500 (kô′kəs)n. pl. cau·cus·es or cau·cus·ses 1. a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership.c. A group within a legislative or decision-making body seeking to represent a specific interest or influence a particular area of policy: a minority caucus.2. Chiefly British A committee within a political party charged with determining policy.v. cau·cused, cau·cus·ing, cau·cus·es or cau·cussed or cau·cus·sing or cau·cus·ses v.intr. To assemble in or hold a caucus.v.tr. To assemble or canvass (members of a caucus).

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[After the Caucus Club of Boston, an influential Colonial political organization around the time of the American Revolution , perhaps from Medieval Latin caucus, drinking vessel, variant of Latin caucum; akin to Greek kaukos (both Greek and Latin being borrowed from the same unknown source).]

caucus

(ˈkɔːkəs) n, pl -cuses1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly a. a closed meeting of the members of one party in a legislative chamber, etc, to coordinate policy, choose candidates, etcb. such a bloc of politicians: the Democratic caucus in Congress. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly a. a group of leading politicians of one partyb. a meeting of such a group3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly US a local meeting of party members4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a group or faction within a larger group, esp a political party, who discuss tactics, choose candidates, etc5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Austral a group of MPs from one party who meet to discuss tactics, etc6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) NZ a formal meeting of all Members of Parliament belonging to one political partyvb (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (intr) to hold a caucus[C18: probably of Algonquian origin; related to caucauasu adviser]

cau•cus

(ˈkɔ kəs)

n., pl. -cus•es, n. 1. a. a meeting of the members of a political party to select candidates or convention delegates, determine policy, etc. b. a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the black caucus. 2. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause. v.i. 3. to hold or meet in a caucus. [1755–65, Amer.; appar. first used by the Caucus Club of colonial Boston]

Caucus

 an inner committee, usually political, that works behind the main party.

caucus

Past participle: caucused
Gerund: caucusing

Imperative
caucus
caucus

Present
I caucus
you caucus
he/she/it caucuses
we caucus
you caucus
they caucus

Preterite
I caucused
you caucused
he/she/it caucused
we caucused
you caucused
they caucused

Present Continuous
I am caucusing
you are caucusing
he/she/it is caucusing
we are caucusing
you are caucusing
they are caucusing

Present Perfect
I have caucused
you have caucused
he/she/it has caucused
we have caucused
you have caucused
they have caucused

Past Continuous
I was caucusing
you were caucusing
he/she/it was caucusing
we were caucusing
you were caucusing
they were caucusing

Past Perfect
I had caucused
you had caucused
he/she/it had caucused
we had caucused
you had caucused
they had caucused

Future
I will caucus
you will caucus
he/she/it will caucus
we will caucus
you will caucus
they will caucus

Future Perfect
I will have caucused
you will have caucused
he/she/it will have caucused
we will have caucused
you will have caucused
they will have caucused

Future Continuous
I will be caucusing
you will be caucusing
he/she/it will be caucusing
we will be caucusing
you will be caucusing
they will be caucusing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been caucusing
you have been caucusing
he/she/it has been caucusing
we have been caucusing
you have been caucusing
they have been caucusing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been caucusing
you will have been caucusing
he/she/it will have been caucusing
we will have been caucusing
you will have been caucusing
they will have been caucusing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been caucusing
you had been caucusing
he/she/it had been caucusing
we had been caucusing
you had been caucusing
they had been caucusing

Conditional
I would caucus
you would caucus
he/she/it would caucus
we would caucus
you would caucus
they would caucus

Past Conditional
I would have caucused
you would have caucused
he/she/it would have caucused
we would have caucused
you would have caucused
they would have caucused

caucus

A meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates or delegates or decide on matters of policy.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caucus - a closed political meeting group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
Verb	1.	caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policyforegather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

caucus

noun group, division, section, camp, sector, lobby, bloc, contingent, pressure group, junta the Black Caucus of minority congressmen

Translations

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