councilnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl/us/ˈkaʊn.səl/a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization:
the United Nations Security Council
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B2 the group of people elected to govern a particular area, town, or city, and organize services for it:
Edinburgh City Council
The town/city council is/are responsible for keeping the streets clean.
UK The local council has/have decided not to allocate funds for the project.
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- The local council has remained deaf to all the objections to its proposals.
- The local council has decreed that the hospital should close.
- The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.
- They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.
- The council is to examine ways of reducing traffic in the city centre.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People in charge of or controlling other people
- administrator
- authority
- bureaucrat
- chairman
- chairperson
- force
- giant
- guiding spirit
- headman
- helicopter parent
- hierarchy
- kingmaker
- leader
- marshal
- operator
- overlord
- paymaster
- pillar
- powerhouse
- presidency
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UK politics: local government & politics