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subcommittee Definition

sub·com·mit·tee (sub′kə mit′ē)

noun

a subordinate committee chosen from among the members of a main committee to carry out special assignments

subcommittee Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: The board shall have power to appoint a subcommittee of its members to act for it in connection with these scholarships.
  • chair: Thank you very much, Senator Norm Coleman, who is chairing the subcommittee investigating the oil-for-food program.
  • establish: Some schools have also established subcommittees or special interest groups to support the work of the EMU coordinator within the school.
  • form: There was general approval to form this subcommittee 10.
  • have: The BAC has three subcommittee 's including one on Human Stem Cell Research.
  • tell: Hussein's arsenal includes weapons of mass destruction, and possibly nuclear weapons, experts told the subcommittee.

Adjective modifier

  • congressional: One arises from procedures and jurisdictional boundaries affecting congressional subcommittees and committees and floor action.
  • technical: A technical subcommittee then reviews the submission and makes a final recommendation to the federal health minister.
  • new: I understand that this is the first hearing by your new subcommittee.
  • small: A small subcommittee met to discuss ways of bringing the presence of the Society to a wider public.
  • other: Other subcommittees may be established in relation to hospital catering and National Institute for Clinical Excellence ( NICE ).

Modifies a noun

  • hearing: The subcommittee hearing is scheduled to take place on Feb. 27.
  • chair: The subcommittee chair shall report such a ruling to the Chairperson.
  • meeting: His finding will be a material consideration in any decision taken at the next planning subcommittee meeting, now due for November.
  • member: Motions shall be sent by e-mail unless any subcommittee member has agreed with the sub-committee chair an alternative method of contact.
  • chairman: In 1960 I was appointed subcommittee chairman for the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.

Noun used with modifier

  • appropriation: A House appropriations subcommittee recently cut back on the administration's 2004 budget request for the arms.
  • specialist: The work of the Council is advised by four specialist subcommittees.
  • finance: This also goes out to every member of the finance subcommittee.
  • planning: Planning subcommittee is now set to take a final decision on June 8.