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Committee Kəˈmɪti Management Meeting Noun Bre She's Has/Have

Word committee
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / kəˈmɪti / NAmE / kəˈmɪti /
Example
  • she's on the management committee.
  • the committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.
  • a committee member/a member of the committee
  • a committee meeting
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committee

(noun)BrE / kəˈmɪti / NAmE / kəˈmɪti /
  1. a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject
    • She's on the management committee.
    • The committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.
    • a committee member/a member of the committee
    • a committee meeting
    • The player was fined by the disciplinary committee.

    Extra Examples

    • I talked to some of the people on the committee.
    • Lord Stansfield will chair the committee.
    • Mr Taylor will chair the board’s audit committee.
    • She serves on several committees.
    • The committee meets every Thursday.
    • a committee of experts
    • a committee on the safety of medicines
    • Economic reform is likely to dominate today’s meeting of the party’s central committee.
    • She’s on the management committee.
    • The matter was investigated by a parliamentary select committee.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted’): from commit + -ee.
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