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standing committee

stand·ing com·mit·tee
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stan-ding kuh-mit-ee]
    • /ˈstæn dɪŋ kəˈmɪt i/
    • /ˈstæn.dɪŋ kəˈmɪti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stan-ding kuh-mit-ee]
    • /ˈstæn dɪŋ kəˈmɪt i/

Definitions of standing committee words

  • noun standing committee a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject. 1
  • noun standing committee (initial capital letters) the highest policymaking body of the Chinese Communist Party, composed of top party leaders from the Politburo. 1
  • noun standing committee permanent assembly or group 1
  • noun standing committee a permanent committee appointed to deal with a specified subject 0

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Origin of standing committee

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Standing committee

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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standing committee popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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