About The Word Committee
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Committee
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What's The Definition Of Committee?
[n] a special group delegated to consider some matter; "A committe is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
[n] a self-constituted organization to promote something Synonyms | Synonyms for Committee: citizens committee | commission Related Terms | Find terms related to Committee: ad hoc committee | assemblee | assembly | assignation | at home | ball | board | body | brawl | cabinet | caucus | colloquium | commission | committee of one | conclave | concourse | congregation | congress | conventicle | convention | convocation | council | dance | date | delegation | deputation | diet | eisteddfod | festivity | fete | forgathering | forum | gathering | get-together | housewarming | levee | meet | meeting | mission | panel | party | plenum | prom | quorum | rally | reception | rendezvous | seance | session | shindig | sit-in | sitting | soiree | special committee | standing committee | subcommittee | symposium | synod | turnout See Also | administrative body | administrative unit | board | commissioner | committee member | conservancy | Economic and Social Council commission | ECOSOC commission | election commission | ethics committee | ethics panel | fairness commission | finance committee | jury | National Security Council | NSC | organisation | organization | PAC | panel | planning commission | politburo | political action committee | praesidium | presidium | select committee | standing committee | steering committee | subcommittee | vestry | vigilance committee | welcoming committee | zoning commission Committee In Webster's Dictionary \Com*mit"tee\, n. [Cf. OF. comit['e] company, and LL.
comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county,
assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb
commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. {County}.]
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.
{Committee of the whole [house]}, a committee, embracing all
the members present, into which a legislative or
deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the
purpose of considering a particular measure under the
operation of different rules from those governing the
general legislative proceedings. The committee of the
whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the
form of recommendations.
{Standing committee}. See under {Standing}.
\Com`mit*tee"\, n. [From {Commit}, v. t.] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian. |
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