committee
a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
Origin of committee
1Grammar notes for committee
Other words from committee
- com·mit·tee·ism, com·mit·tee·ship, noun
Words that may be confused with committee
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How to use committee in a sentence
While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
In 2008, Huckabee raised a little over $16 million, with less than $55,000 coming from political action committees.
This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.
“He had sat on a hundred different Committees of Responsibility,” writes King.
We tried to become involved with committees that affect us and policing before Ferguson.
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Mr. Grierson was, perhaps, the ablest witness before Parliamentary Committees the railway service ever had, which is saying much.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowMr. Pope greatly admired candour, and indeed I found myself that candour always told with the Committees.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowAnother committee for the same purpose is also in formation, and the two committees will either amalgamate or work together.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankThese committees within the various colonies became very active and persuasive.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyShe was called upon several times by committees sent from the revolutionary tribunal for examination.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for committee
(kəˈmɪtɪ) a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function
(ˌkɒmɪˈtiː) (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his property was entrusted by a court: See also receiver (def. 2)
Origin of committee
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