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Definition of committee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

committee

noun
 
 
/kəˈmɪti/
 
/kəˈmɪti/
[countable + singular or plural verb]
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  1. a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject
    • an executive/advisory/organizing committee
    • a parliamentary/congressional/Senate committee
    • The committee has/have decided to move the event to later in the year.
    • The committee unanimously approved the plan.
    • to appoint/establish/form a committee
    • to chair/head a committee
    • on a committee She's on the planning committee.
    • He has served on numerous committees.
    • I have been invited to sit on the committee.
    • before a committee He will be called to give evidence before the committee.
    • in committee The bill was still in committee (= being considered by a committee) in early December.
    • committee of somebody/something a committee of inquiry
    • a committee of MPs/experts
    • committee to do something A special committee to investigate the possible impeachment of the governor meets later today.
    • committee on something the US House of Representatives' committee on foreign affairs
    • a committee member/chairman
    • a committee meeting/report
    • the chairman/chair of a committee
    • a member/meeting of a committee
    see also conference committee, political action committee, select committee, selection committee, steering committee
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    • The player was fined by the disciplinary committee.
    • I talked to some of the people on the committee.
    • Lord Stansfield will chair the committee.
    • Mr Taylor will chair the board's audit committee.
    • She serves on several committees.
    • The committee meets every Thursday.
    • a committee on the safety of medicines
    • Economic reform is likely to dominate today's meeting of the party's central committee.
    Topics Working lifeb2, People in societyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • central
    • joint
    • standing
    • …
    verb + committee
    • create
    • establish
    • form
    • …
    committee + verb
    • meet
    • approve
    • conclude
    • …
    committee + noun
    • member
    • chair
    • chairman
    • …
    preposition
    • on a/​the committee
    • committee on
    • committee of
    • …
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted’): from commit + -ee.
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