committee

com·mit·tee  (k-mt)

n.

1. A group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. See Usage Note at collective noun.

2. Archaic A person to whom a trust or charge is committed.

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[From Middle English committe, trustee, from Anglo-Norman comité, past participle of cometre, to commit, from Latin committere; see commit.]

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committee

Noun

a group of people appointed to perform a specified service or function [Middle English committen to entrust]

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Committee a group of people appointed or elected to administer, discuss, or make reports concerning a subject on which its members are authorities.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle commission administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" election commission - a commission delegated to supervise an election fairness commission - a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments conservancy - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river select committee - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose subcommittee - a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose standing committee - a permanent committee steering committee - a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body ethics committee, ethics panel - a committee appointed to consider ethical issues finance committee - a committee appointed to consider financial issues politburo - the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party PAC, political action committee - committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates praesidium, presidium - a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session zoning commission - a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use jury, panel - a committee appointed to judge a competition vestry - in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church commissioner - a member of a commission committee member - a member of a committee
	2.	committee - a self-constituted organization to promote something citizens committee NGO, nongovernmental organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government vigilance committee - a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist welcoming committee - a committee to welcome new residents to a community

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committee

noun group, commission, panel, delegation, subcommittee, deputation see see, family

Translations

committee [kəˈmɪtɪ] n → comité m;

to be on a committee → ser miembro/a de un comité

committee [kəˈmɪtɪ] n → comité m; commission f;

to be on a committee → siéger dans un comité or une commission)

committee [kəˈmɪtɪ] n → Ausschuss m, Komitee nt;

to be on a committee → in einem Ausschuss or Komitee sein or sitzen

committee [kəˈmɪtɪ] n → comitato;

to be on a committee → far parte di un comitato or di una commissione

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committee

n or n pl committee [kəˈmiti]

a number of persons, selected from a larger body, to deal with some special business, eg the running of the larger body's affairs The committee meet(s) today; (also adjective ) a committee meeting.komiteeلَجْنَهкомисияvýbor(ový)komité; udvalgder Ausschußεπιτροπήcomité, comisiónkomiteeهیئت بررسی؛ کمیسیونkomiteacomitéוַעֲדָהसमितिodbor, povjerenstvobizottságkomitenefndcomitato, commissione委員会위원회komitetas, komisijakomiteja; komitejas-jawatankuasacommissiekomité, nemnd, utvalgkomisjacomissãode comitet)комитетvýbor; výborovýodborkomitetkommittéคณะกรรมการkomisyon, kurul,heyet委員會комітет; комісіяکمیٹی ، انجمنủy ban委员会