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committee
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committee
n.
group of persons appointed or elected to act upon some matter of business, board, council
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Committee
A committee (or "commission") is a body of one or more persons that is subordinate to a deliberative assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more fully than would be possible if the assembly itself were considering them. Committees may have different functions and the type of work that each committee does would depend on the type of organization and its needs.
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committee
Noun
1. a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
(synonym) commission
(hypernym) administrative unit, administrative body
(hyponym) Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission
(member-meronym) commissioner
(derivation) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
2. a self-constituted organization to promote something
(synonym) citizens committee
(hypernym) nongovernmental organization, NGO
(hyponym) vigilance committee
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committee
n.
výbor; komise
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committee
Rzecz.
komisja; zarząd; komitet
