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Committee Kəˈmɪti Management Meeting Noun Bre She's Has/Have
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BrE / kəˈmɪti / NAmE / kəˈmɪti / |
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- 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 / - 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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