Meaning

3 senses

  1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

    Rat

    сове́тsovét

    ра́даráda

  2. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

    (UK, metonymically)A local authority.

  3. Discussion or deliberation.

More definitions
  • 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 sentences

  1. You should run for city council.

    Тобі слід балотуватися до міської ради. — deniko

    deDu solltest dich für die Stadtverordneten­versammlung zur Wahl stellen. — Yorwba

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  2. Tom is running for city council.

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  3. Why don't you run for student council?

    ruПочему ты не выдвигаешь свою кандидатуру на выборах в студенческий совет? — alik_farber

    deWarum kandidierst du nicht für den Schülerrat? — manese

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  4. Tom plans to run for city council.

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  5. Tom is going to run for city council.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
committee that leads or governs:
Русский
By meaning 1
committee that leads or governs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
committee that leads or governs:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French c

Inherited 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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Forms

plural: councils
Singularcouncil
Pluralcouncils

regular

Word family

45 related words
RelatedreconcileC2conciliate
Derivedafforced councilanticouncilborough councilcanine councilchurch councilcity councilcouncil areacouncil communismcouncil estatecouncil housecouncil-housedcouncil housingcouncilismcouncilistcouncillorcouncilmancouncilmatecouncilmembercouncilpersoncouncil popcouncil taxcouncilwomancounty councilecumenical council

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coughB1couldA1couldn't'vecouncilwomancounselC2counselingB1

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