committee
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3.2
- noun
- /kəˈmɪti/
:
comité
- The university formed a special committee to address campus safety concerns.
- committee members
- serve on a committee
- chair a committee
I'm not following leads that point to the FBI committee being involved.
- I'm not following leads that point to the FBI committee being involved.
- The Senate Intelligence Committee has how many Senate members?
- Who was the chairman of the committee and who built the Crystal Palace?
- And then the Nobel Prize committee is mainly for discoveries.
- A couple days later, there's a compromise committee that meets.
- And the School committee walked out of the bargaining session.
- And so the, the RAC committee is a public forum.
- And that pressure led the IOC, the Olympic Committee to take action.
- Departmental service, I was on a couple committees helping out with that.
- There are way more committee processes and hearings and amendments.
- By doing that, everyone on that committee owns achieving this goal.
- Which which is actually not a great idea since the committee chairman is named Burr.
- Well, the majority Joint Intelligence Committee, it's a name that's been used.
Examples
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has how many Senate members?
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We thank the members of the study advisory committee for the time and expertise they contributed.
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Yeah, I would point you to the House committee in Congress.
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Good evening, dear committee members.
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By doing that, everyone on that committee owns achieving this goal.
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So this is from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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And that's what our committee has been trying to address.
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Well, I'm hoping I can count on a few of you to join the fundraising committee.
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And the School committee walked out of the bargaining session.
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So our next speaker is Owen Bellamy from the Committee on Climate Change.
Synonyms
572
2.9
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about a town or organization
423
3.7
A group of people chosen to judge or discuss something
411
4.1
A group of people chosen to investigate or manage something
1
4.6
A group of people set up for a short time to do a single task
1
3.6
A group of people who work together for a short time on a single task
A committee with members from different groups who discuss shared issues
A formal meeting where members discuss and vote on issues
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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2.5
A person who belongs to a committee and takes part in its meetings and decisions
- Formal
22
6.3
A permanent group in the US House that suggests laws about taxes and government money
17
4.4
A group that raises and spends money to support political candidates or causes
- Formal
11
3.7
A group of people who review questions about right and wrong in hospitals or research
An organization that runs the modern Olympic Games around the world
- Formal
3
3.4
A permanent group in a parliament or council that meets regularly to study and make decisions about issues
- Literature
2
3.9
Main group in a political party that plans campaigns and large meetings
- Formal
1
5.9
A group of respected experts chosen to study an important public problem and give advice
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8.4
A group of local people who keep order when police are absent or fail to act
A Canadian independent group that checks the security service to make sure it follows the law and protects people's rights
How Official
260
3.9
∞
3.2
572
2.9
∞
3.2
423
3.7
13
2.6
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Committee comes from an old verb meaning 'to entrust', made of com- 'with' and mittere 'to send'. So, like the word commit, a committee is a group 'entrusted' or 'sent together' to do a job.