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com·mit·tee

C0511800 (kə-mĭt′ē)n.1. A group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. See Usage Note at collective noun.2. Archaic A person to whom a trust or charge is committed.
[From Middle English committe, trustee, from Anglo-Norman comité, past participle of cometre, to commit, from Latin committere; see commit.]

committee

n 1. a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function 2. (Law) (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court. See also receiver2 [C15: from committen to entrust + -ee]

com•mit•tee

(kəˈmɪt i)

n. 1. a group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate or act upon a particular matter. 2. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed. [1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French; see commit, -ee] com•mit′tee•ship`, n. usage: See collective noun.

Committee

 a group of people appointed or elected to administer, discuss, or make reports concerning a subject on which its members are authorities.

committee

A committee is a group of people who represent a larger group or organization and who make decisions or plans on behalf of that group or organization.

A special committee has been set up.

In British English, you can use either a singular or plural form of a verb after committee.

Since 1963 the Committee has struggled, unable to shake off its weaknesses.The National Executive Committee have their travelling expenses paid.

Note that American speakers usually use only a singular verb form with committee.

The North American planning committee has recommended 28 possible topics.
Thesaurus
Noun1.committee - a special group delegated to consider some mattercommittee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berlecommissionadministrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilitiesEconomic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nationsblue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issueboard - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"election commission - a commission delegated to supervise an electionfairness commission - a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing viewsplanning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developmentsconservancy - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or riverselect committee - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purposesubcommittee - a subset of committee members organized for a specific purposestanding committee - a permanent committeesteering committee - a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) bodyethics committee, ethics panel - a committee appointed to consider ethical issuesfinance committee - a committee appointed to consider financial issuespolitburo - the chief executive and political committee of the Communist PartyPAC, political action committee - committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidatespraesidium, presidium - a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in sessionzoning commission - a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial usejury, panel - a committee appointed to judge a competitionvestry - in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the churchcommissioner - a member of a commissioncommittee member - a member of a committee
2.committee - a self-constituted organization to promote somethingcitizens committeeNGO, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal governmentvigilance committee - a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not existwelcoming committee - a committee to welcome new residents to a community

committee

noun group, commission, panel, delegation, subcommittee, deputation My report was circulated to all committee members.Quotations
"a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done" [attributed to Fred Allen]
"a group of the unwilling, chosen from the unfit, to do the unnecessary" [Richard Harkness]
"Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking" [Art Linkletter A Child's Garden of Misinformation]Proverbs
"A committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours"
Translations
委员会

committee

(kəˈmiti) noun or noun plural a number of persons, selected from a larger body, to deal with some special business, eg the running of the larger body's affairs. The committee meet(s) today; (also adjective) a committee meeting. 委員會 委员会

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