2 a
: a body of persons delegated to consider, investigate, take action on, or report on some matter
- an advisory committee
- 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
