Committee Kəˈmɪti Noun Executive/Advisory/Organizing Parliamentary/Congressional/Senate Has/Have Decided Close

• an executive/advisory/organizing committee
• a parliamentary/congressional/senate committee
• the committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.
• the committee unanimously approved the plan.

committee

1. a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject
• SEE ALSO conference committee
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• an executive/advisory/organizing committee
• a parliamentary/congressional/Senate committee
• The committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.
• The committee unanimously approved the plan.
• to appoint/establish/form a committee
• to chair/head a committee
• She's on the planning committee.
• He has served on numerous committees.
• I have been invited to sit on the committee.
• He will be called to give evidence before the committee.
• The bill was still in committee (= being considered by a committee) in early December.
• a committee of inquiry
• a committee of MPs/experts
• A special committee to investigate the possible impeachment of the governor meets later today.
• the US House of Representatives' committee on foreign affairs
• a committee member/chairman
• a committee meeting/report
• the chairman/chair of a committee
• a member/meeting of a committee

Extra Examples

• The player was fined by the disciplinary committee.
• 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.

Word Origin

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