Definitions for committee
kəˈmɪt icom·mit·tee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 4 votes

1. committee, commissionnoun

   a special group delegated to consider some matter

   "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

2. committee, citizens committeenoun

   a self-constituted organization to promote something

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. committeenoun

   a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols

2. committeenoun

   a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

3. Etymology: comité, past participle of commettre, from committere, from con- + mittere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Committeenoun

   Those to whom the consideration or ordering of any matter is referred, either by some court to whom it belongs, or by consent of parties. As in parliament, after a bill is read, it is either agreed to and passed, or not agreed to; or neither of these, but referred to the consideration of some appointed by the house, to examine it farther, who thereupon are called a committee. John Cowell

   Etymology: from commit.

   Manchester had orders to march thither, having a committee of the parliament with him, as there was another committee of the Scottish parliament always in that army; there being also now a committee of both kingdoms residing at London, for the carrying on the war. Edward Hyde.

   All corners were filled with covenanters, confusion, committee men, and soldiers, serving each other to their ends of revenge, or power, or profit; and these committee men and soldiers were possest with this covenant. Izaak Walton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Committee

   A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more fully than would be possible if the assembly itself were considering them. Committees may have different functions and their types of work differ depending on the type of the organization and its needs. A member of a legislature may be delegated a committee assignment, which gives them the right to serve on a certain committee.

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1. committee

   A committee is a group of individuals delegated or assigned to undertake a specific role or task, or make decisions within a larger organization, government, or entity. They often include individuals with varied expertise or backgrounds relevant to the task at hand. Committees could be permanent (standing committees) or temporary (ad hoc committees). Their duties may include performance oversight, policy development, issue investigation, and recommendation formulation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Committeenoun

   one or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together

2. Committeeverb

   one to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian

3. Etymology: [From Commit, v. t.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Committee

   A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole". Committees often serve several different functions: ⁕Governance: in organizations considered too large for all the members to participate in decisions affecting the organization as a whole, a committee is given the power to make decisions, spend money, or take actions. Some or all such powers may be limited or effectively unlimited. For example of the later case, the Board of directors can frequently enter into binding contracts and make decisions which once taken or made, can't be taken back or undone under the law. ⁕Coordination: individuals from different parts of an organization might meet regularly to discuss developments in their areas, review projects that cut across organizational boundaries, talk about future options, etc. Where there is a large committee, it is common to have smaller committees with more specialized functions - for example, Boards of Directors of large corporations typically have an audit committee, finance committee, compensation committee, etc. Large academic conferences are usually organized by a co-ordinating committee drawn from the relevant professional body.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. committee

   A thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. committee

   A group of elected people with a specific role, responsibility and authority to provide a specific service or purpose with accurate and defined role, responsibilities and goals. The members are focused on cocreating optimum health, human rights, right to life, shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to life, right to housing, fasttrack of social housing, public housing, council housing and affordable housing building projects, right to free education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, creation of a national living wage and universal living income system, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   The committee are very efficient and effective in their role.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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1. • Administrative Unit
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'committee' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #518

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'committee' in Written Corpus Frequency: #481

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'committee' in Nouns Frequency: #157

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How to pronounce committee?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say committee in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of committee in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of committee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of committee in a Sentence

1. Chuck Grassley:

   Here’s what I’ve done: the Justice Department would like to get their deputy out of committee just as soon as they can, i’m not going to schedule a hearing on the deputy attorney general until we get a briefing from Comey.

2. Ted Cruz:

   It's important to understand on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I was leading the fight along with Jeff Sessions to defeat this bill, the Gang of Eight bill. As a result, I was introducing a whole series of amendments, in part, to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the Democrats.

3. Julia Albertson:

   The congresswoman has received and been immensely grateful for an outpouring of support from her St. Louis community, our office also works very closely with the House Committee on Ethics on all gift-related matters.

4. House Speaker John Boehner:

   This investigation has never been about former Secretary of State Clinton and never will be, indeed, the Select Committee's very existence is only the result of the Obama administration's obstruction of routine congressional investigations and its failure to properly comply with subpoenas and document requests.

5. Amy Jeffress:

   We asked the committee staff to explain the scope of the investigation and provide sufficient notice that would allow her to prepare, which are normal conditions for congressional committees, but these committees have not followed the normal process, the FBI has agreed to provide Lisa with her notes and other documents to allow her to prepare, but they have not provided those documents to date, so we are still waiting to work out a reasonable date for her interview. Lisa has cooperated voluntarily with another congressional committee that had no objection to explaining the scope of The FBI investigation or providing sufficient notice for her interview. Lisa also cooperated fully with the OIG investigation and appeared voluntarily for multiple interviews, including after she left The FBI.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=committee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Committee
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=committee
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/committee
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=committee
8. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=committee
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=committee