committee of the whole
|
noun
the entire membership of a legislative body, sitting in a deliberative rather than a legislative capacity, for informal debate and preliminary consideration of matters awaiting legislative action.
RELATED CONTENT
The Hardest Words To Spell Just Got A Whole Lot EasierTexts to mom. Emails to your boss. Resumes. Cover letters. Job applications. Orthography is everywhere, and, even if you're a master speller, most folks have that one word that has proven to be their spelling kryptonite. Now for a little good news. There's a secret to skirting those spelling speed bumps without revealing your fatal flaw: substitute a synonym.
Nearby words
committed, committed facility, committee, committee of correspondence, committee of one, committee of the whole, committee of the whole house, committeeman, committeeperson, committeewoman, commix
Origin of committee of the whole
First recorded in 1745–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for committee of the whole
Their decisions were made in committee-of-the-whole, and nothing was done that could not meet with the willing consent of all.
American Cookery|Various