Meaning

2 senses

  1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

    My uncle is on the committee.

    Komitee, Ausschuss, Kommission

    комите́тkomitét, коми́ссияkomíssija

    коміте́тkomitét, комі́сіяkomísija

  2. (archaic)A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.

More definitions
  • a special group delegated to consider some matter
  • a self-constituted organization to promote something

Examples

263 sentences

  1. He's the chairman of the committee.

    Він голова комітету. — deniko

    ruОн председатель комитета. — sharptoothed

    deEr ist der Vorsitzende des Komitees. — Vortarulo

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  2. Tom suggested another plan to the committee.

    Том запропонував комітету інший план. — ascolto

    ruТом комитету предложил другой план. — FeuDRenais

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  3. He is a member of the committee.

    Він член комітету. — deniko

    ruОн член комитета. — Hellerick

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  4. Tom is the only man on the committee.

    Том — єдиний чоловік у комітеті. — deniko

    ruТом — единственный мужчина в комитете. — fjay69

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  5. The committee decided to call off the strike.

    Комітет вирішив відкликати страйк. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose:
Русский
By meaning 1
group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose:

Origin

From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (

From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

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Forms

plural: committees

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

27 related words
Relatedcommit
Derivedby committeecentral committeeclearness committeecomitologycommittalcommitteeingcommitteeismcommitteelesscommitteemancommitteepersoncommitteeshipcommitteewomanconcomexecutive committeeexploratory committeejoint committeemulticommitteeriding committeeschool committeeselect committeestanding committeesteering committeesubcommitteesupercommittee

Collocations

5 patterns
  • of the committee
  • on the committee
  • the committee meets
  • the committee was
  • committee meets

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
commissionercommitB1commitmentA2commodityC2commonA2
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