sub·com·mit·tee

(sŭb′kə-mĭt′ē)

A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee.

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subcommittee

(ˈsʌbkəˌmɪtɪ)

a distinct and often subordinate division of a committee

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Noun

subcommittee - a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose

commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

Translations

لَجْنَه فَرْعِيَّه

podvýbor

underudvalg

Unterausschuss

commission sous-comité

albizottság

undirnefnd

sottocommissione

pakomitetis

apakškomiteja

underkomité

podvýbor

alt komisyon

小组委员会

subcommittee

[ˈsʌbkəˌmɪtɪ] N → subcomisión f, subcomité m

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subcommittee

[ˈsʌbkəmɪti] n → sous-comité m

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subcommittee

[ˈsʌbkəˌmɪtɪ] n → sottocommissione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

subcommittee

(sabkəˈmiti) noun

a committee having powers given to it by a larger committee.

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