committee
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- group of persons
- person in charge of another
Noun
committee (plural committees)
- 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.
- (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
- (Pakistan, British Pakistani, finance) Alternative form of kameti
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Derived terms
- a camel is a horse designed by a committee
- by committee
- central committee
- clearness committee
- comitology
- committal
- committeeing
- committeeism
- committeeless
- committeeman
- committee of the whole
- committeepeople
- committeeperson
- committee room
- committeeship
- committeewoman
- concom
- executive committee
- exploratory committee
- God committee
- itty bitty titty committee
- joint committee
- multicommittee
- riding committee
- rubber stamp committee
- select committee
- standing committee
- steering committee
- subcommittee
- supercommittee
- tissue committee
- vigilance committee
Descendants
- → French: comité (see there for further descendants)
Translations
group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose
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guardian — see guardian
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