committeenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/kəˈmɪt.i/us/kəˈmɪt̬.i/B2 a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it:
She sits on/is on the school's development committee.
The local council has just set up a committee to study recycling.
a committee meeting
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- The committee is composed of MPs, doctors, academics and members of the public.
- The finance committee controls the school's budget.
- It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new scheme.
- She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.
- In his capacity as secretary of the residents association, he regularly attends meetings of the community policing committee.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- empire
- fan club
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- friendly society
- housing association
- insignia
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the lower orders idiom
- the old guard
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