A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
...a committee of ministers. [+ of]
He sat on the firm's management committee.
...the Committee for Safety in Medicine.
My reasons were stated in writing and circulated to all committee members.
Synonyms: group, commission, panel, delegation More Synonyms of committee
committee in British English
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 person with a learning disability, or his or her property, was entrusted by a court
See also receiver (sense 2)
Word origin
C15: from committen to entrust + -ee
committee in American English
(kəˈmɪti)
noun
1.
a group of people chosen, as from the members of a legislature or club, to consider, investigate, and report or act on some matter or on matters of a certain kind
2.
a group of people organized to support some cause
3. Archaic
someone into whose charge someone or something is committed
Idioms:
in committee
Word origin
ME committe, a representative < Anglo-Fr commité, pp. (for Fr commis) of commettre, to commit < L committere: see commit
COBUILD Collocations
committee
appoint a committee
form a committee
Examples of 'committee' in a sentence
committee
He will be paid as a full external member of the committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When budgets are drawn up they should be submitted to the relevant select committee for approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But leaked messages between members of their committee show they are concerned about pay.
The Sun (2016)
Select committees are not just talking shops.
The Sun (2016)
MPs on the business select committee who were having their first opportunity to question the business secretary were taken aback at the news.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Loads of volunteering opportunities in the city and 3,000 of our students are committee members of our societies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I enjoyed being on a select committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Nor was he in step with party activists, who often fussed about procedures and the setting up of committees.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One committee member said:'The brass neck of this man is something else.
The Sun (2016)
She should set up a committee to ensure that only valid, worthwhile causes benefit, while the money saved could go towards many deserving causes here.
The Sun (2017)
Here most of the key committees and planning groups meet.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
Who would be the logical person to call and remind people of upcoming committee meetings?
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet despite a dogged performance by most members of the committee there were no knockout blows.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
MPs had an election last week for a new chairman or woman of the health select committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The committee is also urging people to weigh up environmental factors when deciding what to have for dinner.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The council's planning committee is to meet today to discuss enforcement action.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The focus at Allied will be the group credit committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The committee will meet again next March to discuss initiatives.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The approach is being weighed up by an independent committee of the group 's board.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And what does the chairman of the august Commons select committee on public administration do about all this?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A full audit will be carried out and an independent management committee set up.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A committee has been set up to identify a new dean.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A good select committee chairman has more influence than a junior minister.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The documents they contain come from a committee he set up to hunt down waste, greed and cronyism.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He joined the group executive committee in 2009 and had his empire dramatically expanded to include all retail and business banking.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We have a member of the committee also on the Speaker's committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The Government will consider renewing its crackdown on executive pay and bonus arrangements unless the committees that set policy do more to exercise restraint in boardrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is setting up a committee of economists, which will help to establish a new points system by deciding how many workers the economy needs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So August's data is unlikely to persuade many members of the committee to vote for more stimulus activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A lawyer by training, her skills will also be put to use on the group 's audit committee.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Quotations
a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothingcan be doneattributed to Fred Allen
a group of the unwilling, chosen from the unfit, to do the unnecessaryRichard Harkness
Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinkingArt LinkletterA Child's Garden of Misinformation
A committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
In other languages
committee
British English: committee /kəˈmɪtɪ/ NOUN
A committee is a group of people who represent a larger group or organization and make decisions for them.
...the Committee for Safety in Medicine.
American English: committee
Arabic: لـَجْنَة
Brazilian Portuguese: comitê
Chinese: 委员会
Croatian: povjerenstvo
Czech: výbor
Danish: komité
Dutch: commissie
European Spanish: comité
Finnish: komitea
French: comité
German: Ausschuss
Greek: επιτροπή
Italian: comitato
Japanese: 委員会
Korean: 위원회
Norwegian: komité
Polish: komitet
European Portuguese: comité
Romanian: comitet
Russian: комитет
Latin American Spanish: comité
Swedish: kommitté
Thai: คณะกรรมการ
Turkish: komite
Ukrainian: комітет
Vietnamese: ủy ban
All related terms of 'committee'
in committee
under consideration by a committee , as a resolution or bill
committee stage
(in British parliamentary procedure ) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
joint committee
a committee composed of members from both chambers of a bicameral legislative system
super-committee
a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
Watch Committee
a local government committee composed of magistrates and representatives of the county borough council responsible for the efficiency of the local police force
works committee
a council composed of both employer and employees convened to discuss matters of common interest concerning a factory , plant, business policy, etc, not covered by regular trade union agreements
action committee
a group of people who come together to organize and supervise others who are fighting for a particular cause or carrying out a particular task
Central Committee
(in Communist parties) the body responsible for party policy between meetings of the party congress : in practice, it is in charge of day-to-day operations of the party bureaucracy
committee meeting
a meeting of a committee
committee member
a member of a committee
hanging committee
a group of people that selects and hangs works of art to exhibit
planning committee
a board or committee in an organization that deals with planning
policy committee
a group of people who provide ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
School Committee
(in New Zealand ) a parent group selected to support a primary school
select committee
A select committee is a committee of members of a parliament which is set up to investigate and report on a particular matter.
senate committee
a committee formed from the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
standing committee
a permanent committee appointed to deal with a specified subject
steering committee
a committee set up to prepare and arrange topics to be discussed , the order of business, etc, for a legislative assembly or other body
watchdog committee
a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
committee of one
an individual person designated to function alone as a committee
conference committee
a committee made up of members from both houses whose task is to eliminate any differences between versions of legislation on the same subject passed in the different chambers
disciplinary committee
a committee charged with examining alleged breaches of discipline within an organization, profession , etc and adjudicating on them
Education Committee
a committee that discusses the education of children in a particular local authority
executive committee
the executive committee or board of an organization is a committee within that organization which has the authority to make decisions and ensures that these decisions are carried out
form a committee
A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
grievance committee
a committee formed to settle grievances according to formal procedures ( grievance procedures ) agreed upon, as by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement
management committee
a committee of managers or senior members of an organization who are in charge of directing that organization
reception committee
an organized gathering of people to welcome a visitor
selection committee
a group charged with selecting someone or something for a job or task
vigilance committee
(in the US) a self-appointed body of citizens organized to maintain order, punish crime , etc, where an efficient system of courts does not exist
appoint a committee
A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
Appropriations Committee
a committee dealing with appropriations
committee of inquiry
(in parliament) a group set up to investigate something
subcommittee
A subcommittee is a small committee made up of members of a larger committee.
Committee of the Whole
(in the US) all the members of the House of Representatives , regarded as a committee
Internal Security Committee
→ the Internal Security Committee
National Executive Committee
the body responsible for the administration of the UK Labour Party
political action committee
a private group organized to elect political candidates in United States federal elections
University Grants Committee
an advisory committee of the British government, which advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst British universities. It was in existence from 1919 until 1989. Its functions have now largely been taken over by the higher education funding councils (HEFCE (England), SHEFC (Scotland), HEFCW ( Wales ), and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland)
Ways and Means Committee
a standing committee of the US House of Representatives that supervises all financial legislation
Committee of the Whole House
(in Britain) an informal sitting of the House of Commons to discuss and amend a bill
International Olympic Committee
the committee , composed of all the national Olympic committees, that organizes the modern Olympic games
the Internal Security Committee
a committee of the US House of Representatives that was abolished in 1975. Prior to its renaming in 1969, it was known as the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s
Universities Funding Committee
formerly , the central higher education funding council in the UK, which was replaced after 1992 by three separate councils: the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Scottish Funding Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
House Un-American Activities Committee
the former name of the Internal Security Committee of the US House of Representatives : notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
the highest appellate court for Britain's dependencies and for some dominions of the Commonwealth
CUSIP number
A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond .
Chinese translation of 'committee'
committee
(kəˈmɪtɪ)
n(c)
委员(員)会(會) (wěiyuánhuì) (个(個), gè)
to be on a committee任委员(員)会(會)委员(員) (rèn wěiyuánhuì wěiyuán)
(noun)
Definition
a group of people appointed to perform a specified service or function
My report was circulated to all committee members.
Synonyms
group
commission
The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.
panel
The panel of judges were unanimous in their decision.
delegation
They sent a delegation to the talks.
subcommittee
deputation
A deputation of elders from the village arrived.
Quotations
a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done [attributed to Fred Allen]a group of the unwilling, chosen from the unfit, to do the unnecessary [Richard Harkness]Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking [Art Linkletter – A Child's Garden of Misinformation]
proverb
A committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
Additional synonyms
in the sense of commission
Definition
a group of people appointed to perform certain duties
The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.