English > committee: 2 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | A special group delegated to consider some matter. |
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| Example | "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"- Milton Berle |
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| Synonym | commission |
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| Members | commissioner | A member of a commission |
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| committee member | A member of a committee / committee |
| Narrower | Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission | A commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
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| blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee | An independent and exclusive / exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue |
| board | A committee having supervisory powers |
| conservancy | A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river |
| election commission | A commission delegated to supervise an election |
| ethics committee, ethics panel | A committee appointed to consider ethical issues |
| fairness commission | A commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views |
| finance committee | A committee appointed to consider financial issues |
| jury, panel | A committee appointed to judge a competition |
| planning commission | A commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
| politburo | The chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party |
| political action committee, PAC | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates |
| presidium, praesidium | A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session |
| select committee | A parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose |
| standing committee | A permanent committee |
| steering committee | A committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body |
| subcommittee | A subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose |
| vestry | In the Protestant Episcopal Church |
| zoning commission | A commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use |
| Broader | administrative unit, administrative body | A unit with administrative responsibilities |
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| Spanish | comisión, comité |
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| Catalan | comissió, comitè |
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| Verbs | commit | confer a trust upon |
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