caucus
verb/ˈkɔːkəs/
/ˈkɔːkəs/
[intransitive] (North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they caucus | /ˈkɔːkəs/ /ˈkɔːkəs/ |
| he / she / it caucuses | /ˈkɔːkəsɪz/ /ˈkɔːkəsɪz/ |
| past simple caucused | /ˈkɔːkəst/ /ˈkɔːkəst/ |
| past participle caucused | /ˈkɔːkəst/ /ˈkɔːkəst/ |
| -ing form caucusing | /ˈkɔːkəsɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːkəsɪŋ/ |
- to meet in a caucus or other group to discuss something
- The senators decided to caucus about the policy change.
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally US): perhaps from Algonquian cau'-cau'-as'u ‘adviser’.
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