a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
standing committee.
Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
Origin of committee
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Anglo-French; see commit, -ee
grammar notes for committee
See collective noun.
OTHER WORDS FROM committee
com·mit·tee·ism,com·mit·tee·ship,noun
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH committee
board, committee , council, panel, trust
Words nearby committee
commitment ceremony, commitment fee, committal, committed, committed facility, committee, committeeman, Committee of Correspondence, committee of one, committee of the whole, Committee of the Whole House
The previous terms hadn’t included language on the formation of that committee.
Oracle, Bytedance, and U.S. Treasury tentatively agree on terms for TikTok bid|radmarya|September 17, 2020|Fortune
According to a 2016 survey obtained by the committee, 39% of Boeing’s Authorized Representatives, senior engineers who conducted reviews for FAA, at times perceived “undue pressure” on them from management.
Boeing crashes were the “horrific culmination” of multiple mistakes, House report says|kdunn6|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Ring refused to give the House committee a copy of the ethics memorandum in the McDonald’s case, but he agreed to let committee staff review it at NLRB headquarters.
“Cover Up”: House Democrats Subpoena Documents That NLRB Refused to Share in Ethics Investigation|by Ian MacDougall|September 15, 2020|ProPublica
By Monday, reactions to the Oracle-TikTok deal—which is subject to final review from a powerful interagency committee called CFIUS—began pouring in.
Twitter users sound off about Oracle’s TikTok deal|Jeff|September 14, 2020|Fortune
Halpern was the chair in 2016 of a committee tasked with overseeing the SANDAG transportation program that was the subject of the scandal that eventually remade the agency.
Politics Report: Forged Footnote 15|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|September 12, 2020|Voice of San Diego
But Chechen leader Kadyrov does not think that Committee Against Torture was needed in Chechnya.
Putin’s Favorite Acolyte Terrorizes Human Rights Activists|Anna Nemtsova|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Team Christie has greeted the committee's news with somewhat predictable gloating.
Democrats Clear Christie In Bridgegate Investigation|Olivia Nuzzi|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The committee recommended a single—and simple—principle be applied to the law, that of consent.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When he was appointed few expected that he would be able to guide his committee to a radical conclusion but he did.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Resources were promptly diverted to rescue those under attack, the committee found.
Congress Debunks Congress’s Nuttiest Benghazi Theories|Ben Jacobs|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A committee was also appointed to bring in an estimate of money necessary to be raised.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton
For about four months he served on the Committee at a great personal sacrifice.
Chitta Ranjan|Sukumar Ranjan Das
Burr, in committee, frankly declared that the surplus was to establish a bank, and Governor Jay signed the bill.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
Confident of their strength the committee set themselves to their task.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
There had been a meeting of the Committee, and the club was shut up.
The Way We Live Now|Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for committee
committee
noun
(kəˈmɪtɪ) a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function
(ˌkɒmɪˈtiː) (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his property was entrusted by a courtSee also receiver (def. 2)