council
572
2.9
- noun
- /ˈkaʊnsl/
:
consejo
- Council leaders acknowledged that the council could pare its expenses and operate more efficiently.
- city council
- local council
- a council meeting
Are you a part of student council or on a sports team?
- Are you a part of student council or on a sports team?
- We provide the council with lots of planning fees.
- And then we actually moved to our council flat in West London.
- Let's talk about the Atlantic Council cooperative agreement.
- So they haven't picked who the Fey Council representative is going to be.
- And this is in the council meeting.
- Iran's Supreme Council is holding an emergency meeting.
- The we find that the Council has been restored.
Examples
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And these members of the Grand Council would serve for three years.
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We are represented on the school's governing council with faculty and administration.
Academic text (2011) -
Are you a part of student council or on a sports team?
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Both sides have much more to say, but the Council needs your vote now.
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This is like being named student council president.
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But I think you should call a city council meeting.
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The council has reached its decision.
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All I need from the council is backup.
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The United Kingdom Home Care Association wants council contracts to rise in order to reflect increased costs.
Academic text (2011) -
The council will meet tomorrow to discuss the new recycling program.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A group of people who come together for a planned purpose or to be social
∞
3.2
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about something
423
3.7
A group of people chosen to judge or discuss something
162
2.5
A group of people who meet for a common purpose
12
3.2
A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things
8
2.2
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
A meeting of people to discuss and decide important matters
Compounds
- Formal
370
3.7
A group in the United Nations that works to keep peace between countries
37
4.2
A government group that advises the leader about national security, foreign policy, the military, and intelligence agencies
- Formal
11
4.2
A group of government economists who help the President of the United States make decisions about the economy
5
6.3
A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches
- Formal
1
6.0
A group in NATO that makes political decisions and includes permanent representatives from each member country
1
9.9
Meetings of the Catholic Church in Trento from 1545 to 1563 that made Catholic teaching clearer and changed practice
- Formal
1
9.1
A formal meeting of church leaders from across the Christian world to decide religious beliefs and rules
1
9.9
A major meeting of Catholic church leaders in Rome between the 1100s and 1500s
- UK
1
4.1
A tax charged by the local council based on a home's value and the people living there
- Formal
1
4.2
A United Nations body that coordinates economic and social programs
- Formal
1
9.9
A 1215 meeting of Catholic church leaders that set important church rules and beliefs
- Formal
1
7.0
A United Nations body that helped trust territories prepare to govern themselves
- Formal
1
4.2
A group of people from many countries who meet to make decisions about global problems
A group of Christian churches from many countries that work together for unity and social action
A secret Irish republican armed group that formed in 1994 and is called a terrorist group by some governments
A meeting of Catholic church leaders from 1431 to 1449 to discuss reforms and unity
A meeting in 451 where church leaders say that Jesus is both human and divine
A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders from 1414 to 1418 that ended a long split over the pope
A church meeting in 431 that says Mary is the mother of God and rejects Pelagius's ideas
A church meeting in 1311–1312 that looks into the Knights Templar, plans a crusade, and starts changes for priests
A group set up by the UN Economic and Social Council to study and advise on economic or social issues
A Palestinian armed group that split from the PLO in 1974 and carried out attacks in several countries
A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks
A large meeting of Christian leaders in 381 that added words about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
A 1245 church meeting that removed Emperor Frederick II from the church and planned a new crusade
A meeting of Christian leaders in 325 that made the Nicene Creed and declared Arianism wrong
A 1123 meeting at Lateran Palace where church leaders set rules for the Western Church and plan a new crusade
A meeting of leaders of the Catholic Church in 1869–1870 that said the pope cannot be wrong when speaking officially
A meeting of church leaders in 869–870 that condemned Photius and helped cause the split between eastern and western churches
A meeting of church leaders in 692 in Constantinople that set rules for the Eastern Orthodox Church
A meeting of Christian leaders in 553 that declared some teachings wrong, including writings by Origen
A meeting of Christian church leaders in 1274 that briefly reunites the Eastern and Western churches
A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship
An important meeting of church leaders in Rome in 1139 that made changes to church rules
A church council in 680 and 681 that says Christ has a divine will and a human will
A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms
- Jargon
A group of employees chosen by workers to speak to managers about pay and work conditions
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Council comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and a verb like call 'to call', so it originally meant people 'called together' to meet. That's why a council is a meeting of people who discuss, manage, or advise on important matters.