committee

Definitions

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
2. A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
   archaic
3. a number of persons, selected from a larger body, to deal with some special business, eg the running of the larger body's affairs. The committee meet(s) today; (also adjective) a committee meeting. komitee لَجْنَه комисия comitê výbor(ový) der Ausschuß komité; udvalg επιτροπήcomité, comisión komitee هیئت بررسی؛ کمیسیون komitea comitéועדה समिति odbor, povjerenstvo bizottság komite nefnd comitato, commissione 委員会 위원회 komitetas, komisija komiteja; komitejas- jawatankuasa commissiekomité, nemnd, ...
   eg
4. A group of people officially delegated to perform a function, such as investigating, considering, reporting, or acting on a matter. See Usage Note at collective noun.
5. Archaic A person to whom a trust or charge is committed.
   Archaic
6. a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function
7. (Law) (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court. See also receiver2
8. a group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate or act upon a particular matter.
9. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.
10. A. N → comité m, comisión fto be or sit on a committee → ser miembro de un comitécommittee of inquiry (Parl) → comisión f investigadorasee also executive Csee also management B
    N
11. B. CPD committee meeting N → reunión f del comitécommittee member N → miembro mf del comitécommittee stage N (Parl) fase en la que un proyecto de ley está siendo estudiado por un comité
    CPD
12. n → Ausschuss m (also Parl), → Komitee nt; to be or sit on a committee → in einem Ausschuss or Komitee sein or sitzen; Committee of 100 (Brit) → Komitee der Hundert; committee meeting → Ausschusssitzung f; committee member → Ausschussmitglied nt
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“My uncle is on the committee.”

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