county council
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsl/
- UK
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consejo del condado
- After much debate, the county council voted to increase funding for public transportation.
- county council member
- serving on a county council
Others worked for the London County Council before branching off on their own.
- Others worked for the London County Council before branching off on their own.
- I think it's a great lesson that mayor's matter, that county council's matter.
- But my first big project is going to be the first Thursday in May next year is the English County Council election.
- But it's also just as important at your city or County Council, at your, you know, Board of Education, in your state assembly or your state legislature.
Examples
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Public comment may be made in person at the county council meeting or prior to the meeting via regular U.S. mail.
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Others worked for the London County Council before branching off on their own.
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Some of them served in the state legislature, and others were county council members.
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A lot of people have been shocked to learn the county council has no authority over the election commission.
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We directly contacted all of the state's county councils.
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My question is what deal was done with Surrey County Council because there is an acute social care crisis that affects every council.
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These efforts generated a list of twelve state legislators and fifteen county council members.
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The comments clearly showed that county councils were less polarized than the state legislature and were more likely to reach a consensus about funding a particular project.
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The small size of county councils, with their focus on meeting immediate citizen needs such as snowplowing, may be a context that results in positive interactions and less social distance.
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Our research established that the racial parity ratio for Native Americans in the state legislature currently is only 0.32, and representation in county council seats is 0.48.
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Synonyms
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2.9
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about a town or organization
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2.7
People who run a town or city and provide local services
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3.4
A group that runs public services for a town or area
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'council' belonging to or governing a 'county', i.e. the local governing body for that region. This noun–noun construction and its logic are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows 'county' and 'council' can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
County council comes from two simple words: county, the area where people live, and council, a group that meets to decide things. So a county council is the group chosen to run the county and make local decisions about services like schools and roads.