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committee meeting

committee meeting

13 2.4
A meeting where a small group discusses and decides about the group's work
  • noun
  • /kəˈmɪti ˈmiːtɪŋ/
translation icon : reunión del comité
  • During the committee meeting, members voted unanimously on the new policy.
  • an advisory committee meeting
  • an executive committee meeting
  • an open committee meeting

You also do lots and lots of other stuff, lots of committee meetings.

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Examples

  • They scheduled an executive committee meeting tonight at 7 :00 .

    Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)

  • I rushed out of an investment committee meeting, and I sat there waiting for you for almost an hour.

    The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

  • Uh, perhaps you can present at our next investment committee meeting.

    Business Ethics (2020)

  • The detail of the committee meeting in America was made public.

    In the Loop (2009)

  • I want to know what else is said at the committee meeting.

    Voyage of the Damned (1976)

  • We noticed that if we missed a committee meeting, decisions could not be made until we were there.

    Academic text (2011)

  • And we just had an advisory committee meeting this morning.

  • You've got a committee meeting in five minutes.

    Evan Almighty (2007)

  • The LME held a special committee meeting that Monday morning to discuss the issue and decided to let the market keep trading.

    Patrick Boyle

  • You attended the departmental executive committee meeting to participate in a tenure review.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

session
vscommittee meeting
  • Formal
365 3.1

A time when a group meets to do official business

is a single gathering aimed at discussing and deciding administrative matters
board meeting
vscommittee meeting
  • Formal
43 2.5

A meeting of people who run a company to discuss and decide important matters

focuses on routine administrative decisions at a lower organizational level
congress
vscommittee meeting
  • Formal
12 3.2

A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things

is a smaller, specialized gathering focused on administrative decision-making
group meeting
vscommittee meeting
8 2.2

A planned time when several people come together to talk about something

is specifically for making administrative decisions rather than general discussion

Antonyms

disbandment
1 7.5

Breaking up an organized group like a band or army

How Formal

summit
  • Formal
420 4.4
conference
  • Formal
∞ 3.0
board meeting
  • Formal
43 2.5
committee meeting
13 2.4
to chat
  • Informal
269 1.0

Surface Forms

committee meeting singular
committee meetings plural

Morphology

committee + meeting

The meaning 'a meeting of a committee' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'committee' (a group formed to address specific matters) with 'meeting' (a planned occasion where people convene). This compositional noun + noun phrase follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Committee meeting comes from the simple picture of a small committee, a chosen group, sitting together for a meeting to talk and 'decide' on things. So, it means a meeting where committee members discuss and make decisions.