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committee definition

com·mit·tee (kə mit′ē)

noun

  1. a group of people chosen, as from the members of a legislature or club, to consider, investigate, and report or act on some matter or on matters of a certain kind
  2. a group of people organized to support some cause
  3. Archaic someone into whose charge someone or something is committed

Etymology: ME committe, a representative < Anglo-Fr commité, pp. (for Fr commis) of commettre, to commit < L committere: see commit

committee Idioms

in committee

under consideration by a committee, as a resolution or bill

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committee Synonyms

committee

n.

board, bureau, council, panel, consultants, investigators, trustees, advisory group, task force, board of inquiry, appointed group, cabinet, representatives, investigative committee, study group, executive committee, standing committee, planning board, commission, ad hoc committee, special committee, jury, grand jury, referees, deliberative body, court, convocation, subcommittee, delegation, chamber, soviet; see also delegate, jury, organization 3, representative 2.

in committee

under consideration, being weighed, being evaluated, not settled; see considered 1.


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committee Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • steer: It would be managed by a steering committee of City Council, County Council and representatives of local groups.

Adjective modifier

  • advisory: Both parties are guided by relevant advisory committees where necessary.

Modifies a noun

  • member: All the committee members have put in a lot of hard work to ensure smooth running.

Noun used with modifier

  • steering: Dr. Bowen is a member of the project steering committee.
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committee quotes

Could Hamlet have been written bya committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the NewTestament have been composed as a conference report?

-Griswold, Alfred Whitney

A camel is a horse designed bya committee.

-Issigonis, SirAlec (AlexanderArnold Constantine)

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

-Le Carre¤  ,John pseudonym of  David John Moore Cornwell

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