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committee

com·mit·tee
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh-mit-ee]
    • /kəˈmɪt i/
    • /kəˈmɪti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-mit-ee]
    • /kəˈmɪt i/

Definitions of committee word

  • countable noun committee A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent. 3
  • noun committee a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function 3
  • noun committee (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court 3
  • noun committee 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 3
  • noun committee a group of people organized to support some cause 3
  • noun committee someone into whose charge someone or something is committed 3
See all 13 definitions of committee

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Origin of committee

First appearance:

before 1425
One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Anglo-French; see commit, -ee

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Parts of speech for Committee

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Committee

committee popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

committee usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for committee

noun committee

  • task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
  • chamber — A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
  • cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
  • commission — If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
  • bureau — A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information.
All 14 Synonyms of committee

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Related words

  • house un-american activities committee

    an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Originally created in 1938 to inquire into subversive activities in the U.S., it was reestablished in 1945 as the Committee on Un-American Activities, renamed in 1969 as the Committee on Internal Security, and abolished in 1975. Abbreviation: HUAC.

  • committee of correspondence

    an intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions and to plan colonial resistance or countermeasures.

  • select committee

    a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.

  • accept

    If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.

  • ad hoc

    An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.

  • agitprop

    Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
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