council
A committee that leads or governsA committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
» You should run for city council.
Du solltest dich für die Stadtverordnetenversammlung zur Wahl stellen.
Тобі слід балотуватися до міської ради.
Ви маєте балотуватися до міської ради.
Meaning
3 sensesA committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
Rat
сове́тsovét
ра́даráda
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
(UK, metonymically)A local authority.
Discussion or deliberation.
- a meeting of people for consultation
- a body serving in an administrative capacity
- (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
Examples
123 sentencesYou should run for city council.
Тобі слід балотуватися до міської ради.
deDu solltest dich für die Stadtverordnetenversammlung zur Wahl stellen.
Tom is running for city council.
Why don't you run for student council?
ruПочему ты не выдвигаешь свою кандидатуру на выборах в студенческий совет?
deWarum kandidierst du nicht für den Schülerrat?
Tom plans to run for city council.
Tom is going to run for city council.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French cInherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French conseil (“advice, deliberation, thought”), from Latin cōnsilium (“plan, intention, design, purpose”), from cōnsulō (“consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from, deliberate, reflect”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“take, grab”).
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