committee

noun

com·mit·tee | \ kə-ˈmi-tē

, sense 2 also ˌkä-mi-ˈtē\

Definition of committee

1a : a body of persons delegated to consider, investigate, take action on, or report on some matter an advisory committee specifically : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to give consideration to legislative matters The bill has been sent back to committee.

b : a self-constituted organization for the promotion of a common object the Olympic Committee the Northwest Wildlife Committee

c US sports, informal : a group of players on a team who share a particular role in the team's play instead of having an individual player principally assigned to that role After going with a committee of running backs last season, the Chiefs were hoping Bam Morris would be able to go the full 16 games as the feature runner, something he has never done in his career.— Bob Fedas

2 archaic : a person to whom a charge or trust is committed

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We're waiting for recommendations from the advisory committee. The bill has been referred back to committee.

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The report expands on earlier recommendations from the committee published in July. — Georgia Wells, WSJ, "U.K. Committee Rebukes Facebook in Call for Social-Media Regulation," 17 Feb. 2019 These are the top contenders to watch this year: An X Games committee, comprised of sports specialists, determines which athletes receive an invite to the Games. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "The 2019 Winter X Games Starts This Week—Here’s What You Need to Know," 23 Jan. 2019 A year after the fire, a committee of leading fire experts, Lentini among them, was convened by the National Fire Protection Association to create a set of national guidelines for how a proper fire investigation should be conducted. — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, "The 1991 Firestorm That Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Arson," 8 Nov. 2018 Harvard has been notoriously secretive about its admissions process, but the federal trial brought many of its admission committee's practices to light. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "A Timeline of the Harvard Affirmative Action Lawsuit," 2 Nov. 2018 The 33-year-old Zuckerberg, a billionaire who co-founded the company in 2004 while at Harvard, declined a recent request from a United Kingdom parliamentary committee to testify on the matter. — Joseph Weber, Fox News, "Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to testify on Capitol Hill in days," 2 Oct. 2018 Kaegi faces Republican Joseph Paglia, who has yet to report formation of a campaign committee, in the November general election. — Hal Dardick, chicagotribune.com, "Berrios' analysts used Zillow, other shortcuts in assessing property values, documents show," 13 July 2018 Now on his firm’s management committee, Mr Bick is drafting in artificial intelligence (AI) to do the gruntwork—like many others at top law firms in New York and London. — The Economist, "Law firms climb aboard the AI wagon," 12 July 2018 If management has recognized a union but hasn’t yet to agree to a contract, then the negotiations can get more complicated because management has to make a one-off deal with the bargaining committee. — Shirin Ghaffary, Recode, "As digital media companies brace for change, unions try to cushion the blow," 26 Dec. 2018

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committee

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English Language Learners Definition of committee

: a group of people who are chosen to do a particular job or to make decisions about something

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committee

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com·mit·tee | \ kə-ˈmi-tē

Kids Definition of committee

: a group of persons appointed or elected to study a problem, plan an event, or perform a specific duty

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Legal Definition of committee

1 : a person to whom a charge (as an incompetent) is committed — compare conservator, curator, guardian, tutor

2a : a body of persons delegated or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter especially : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings) the Senate judiciary committee — see also conference committee, joint committee

b : a private organization for the promotion of a common object political action committees — compare council