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committee

[ kuh-mit-ee ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.


committee

noun

  1. kəˈmɪtɪ a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function
  2. ˌkɒmɪˈtiː (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his property was entrusted by a court See also receiver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • com·mittee·ism com·mittee·ship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of committee1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Anglo-French; commit, -ee
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Word History and Origins

Origin of committee1

C15: from committen to entrust + -ee
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Example Sentences

The previous terms hadn’t included language on the formation of that committee.

From Fortune

According to a 2016 survey obtained by the committee, 39% of Boeing’s Authorized Representatives, senior engineers who conducted reviews for FAA, at times perceived “undue pressure” on them from management.

From Fortune

Ring refused to give the House committee a copy of the ethics memorandum in the McDonald’s case, but he agreed to let committee staff review it at NLRB headquarters.

By Monday, reactions to the Oracle-TikTok deal—which is subject to final review from a powerful interagency committee called CFIUS—began pouring in.

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Halpern was the chair in 2016 of a committee tasked with overseeing the SANDAG transportation program that was the subject of the scandal that eventually remade the agency.

Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.

Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.

Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.

Still, his conviction will restart a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions.

“I think that all Slovaks should feel offended,” said MP Tomas Galbavy, who served on the parliamentary culture committee.

In the case of the Midland—they appointed a committee of inquiry, and the directors assented to the appointment.

Mr. Wainwright acted as secretary and I kept the minute book and papers relating to the business of the committee.

This Committee shall be divided into three sections, viz.:—Of diplomacy; of the navy; and of the army.

New proposals regarding telephone charges are expected as soon as the Select Committee has reported.

I hope the committee will consider J. Price's report as from a disappointed man.

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