Committee

Definition: Committee

Committee

Noun

1. A special group delegated to consider some matter; "A committe is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle.

2. A self-constituted organization to promote something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "committee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Law

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Committee

Consignee

Noun: consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.

Council

Noun: council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff.

Government

Political contribution, campaign contribution; political action committee, PAC.

School

School Board Council of Education; Board of Education; Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies; Textbook Committee; propaganda.

Tribunal

Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth.

Crosswords: Committee

No time to discuss this as a committee. (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

The demolitions committee of Project Mayhem wrapped the foundation columns of a dozen buildings with blasting gelatin. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

We don't have time to discuss this with the committee! (Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.)

As chairman of the reception committee, I welcome you with open arms. (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader you were bad, when you tried to chair the homecoming committee you were really bad, but when you try to be bad, you suck! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (references; author: unknown)

God so loved the world that He did not send a committee. (references; author: unknown)

When riding a dead horse (government), try appointing a committee to study the horse. (references; author: unknown)

A Committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide that nothing can be done. (references; author: unknown)

A Session with the Committee (1969)

The Committee (1968)

Republican National Committee of 1900 (1900)

Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' (1899)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Alkyl Benzenes: By Committee on Alkyl Benzene Derivatives Board Ontoxicology and Environmental Health Hazards (reference)

• Should Taiwan be admitted to the United Nations? : joint hearing before the Subcommittees on International Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights and Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One (reference)

• Measured Air Leakage of Buildings: A Symposium Sponsored by Astm Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions Philadelphia, Pa, 2-3 Ap 198 (reference)

• Federal acknowledgment of various Indian groups : hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session on H.R. 3958 ... H.R. 1475 ... H.R. 2349 ... H.R. 5562 ... H.R. 3607 ... (reference)

• Indian federal acknowledgment process : hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on H.R. 3430, to establish administrative procedures to extend federal recognition (reference)

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Periodicals

• Acog Committee Opinions (reference)

• Canadian Committee On Womens History Membership (reference)

• Committee Bulletin (reference)

• Committee For Academic Freedom In Africa Membership (reference)

• Committee For Economic Development Reader Forum - Paperbound (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Advisory Committee (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Credit: NASA.

Apollo 13 Senate Space Committee Hearings. Credit: NASA.

Figure 43. A Plessey current meter and recorder. Built by Plessey Electronics circa 1969. This instrument was conceived by the Christian Michelson Institute of Bergen, Norway, under the auspices of the undersea oceanographic committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 8. Plan of the original model of the WP3 trawling net as recommended by working group Number 3 of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research in 1966. This net was meant to capture large plankton. It was afterwards tested by several laboratories and found to have many shortcomings such as inefficienci es in capturing fish larvae and in the opening of its mouth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Artist's conception of NIMBUS meteorological satellite system. In: "Plan for a National Meteorological Satellite System", produced by the National Coordinating Committee for Aviation Meteorology, April 1961. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Arrangement of components on TIROS VII baseplate. In: "Plan for a National Meteorological Satellite System", produced by the National Coordinating Committee for Aviation Meteorology, April 1961. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Caption: Edison Storage Battery Safety Committee; West Orange, NJ; 1919; {10.120/40} (jpg).

[Members of the Subcommittee on Health, Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, on an inspection tour of the Clinical Center]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"I've stopped smoking and cut down on alcohol - and feel so good!" / WHO/French National Committee Against Smoking photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In May 1785, a committee of Congress made a report recommending an alteration in the Articles of Confederation, but no action was taken on it, and it was left to the State Legislatures to proceed in the matter. (reference)

The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. (reference)

The Committee may, if it thinks necessary, invite other Members to appoint representatives. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I am the officer of the Committee.

A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain.

Each one elects a Central Committee man.

They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The brain is like a committee of experts. (references)

A report of the ANPA Committee on Research. (references)

Some of the work represented was financially supported by the Research and Development Committee at INSEAD. (references)

Business

At present there are 25 members in the committee. (references)

On the due date, a procurement committee may open all offers. (references)

No rules exist to govern the selection or conduct of this committee. (references)

Children

Greece

Many public buildings had not complied with the proposals of the interministerial committee on accessibility by year's end. (references)

Ukraine

The All-Ukrainian Committee for the Protection of Children reported that lack of schooling remained a significant problem among the rural population. (references)

Belarus

In its June 2000 report, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee reported that only 30 percent of students in primary schools were instructed in Belarusian. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

The country has been criticized eight times by the Committee. (references)

Nigeria

A representative from the UNHCR participates in this committee. (references)

Yemen

Then it is submitted to a special committee for final approval. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

King Mohamed is the chairman of the OIC's Al-Qods (Jerusalem) committee. (references)

Macau

Judges are selected by a committee and appointed by the chief executive. (references)

Russia

The Customs Committee notifies the bank once the shipment has been cleared. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

In June a European Parliament committee visited some prisons. (references)

Netherlands

The Justice Minister set up the Kibbelaar committee early in the year. (references)

Nepal

The Human Rights Committee in Parliament is investigating the incident. (references)

Indigenous People

Peru

In 1999 Congress created an Indigenous Affairs Committee, currently chaired by Paulina Arpasi, a woman of the Amayra community. (references)

Indonesia

This effort was effective in convincing the Parliamentary Special Committee to use the Papuan draft as the basis for the final law. (references)

Japan

The Ainu continue to face societal discrimination while engaging in an uphill struggle against complete assimilation, although Ainu-language newspapers, radio programs, and academic programs studying Ainu culture have increased since 1997. In March the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) noted that the country "has not taken sufficient steps to address the issue of discriminatory treatment of Koreans and Ainu living in" the country. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

Tatar leaders reported that during the year the committee helped promote Tatar interests at the national level. (references)

Ukraine

In response President Kuchma created a Presidential Tatar advisory committee that included all members of the Mejlis. (references)

Kuwait

An Executive Committee in Charge of the Bidoon under the Ministry of Interior has been designated to resolve the issue. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

As of October 2001, the committee has made little concrete progress. (references)

INDIA

A draft Patents Bill is pending with a joint parliamentary committee. (references)

South Africa

The activities of the amnesty committee of the TRC concluded at the end of June. (references)

Political Rights

Bahrain

In 1999 a Majlis Human Rights Committee was formed. (references)

Korea

One of them chairs a special committee on women's affairs. (references)

Laos

Activities of the standing committee are not fully transparent. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The executive advisory committee must approve any new additives. (references)

Uzbekistan

Once over this hurdle, imports face the next: the State Customs Committee. (references)

Bahrain

Tenders are issued and proposals are called for and assessed by a public committee. (references)

Women

South Africa

The report was completed but the committee had not considered it by year's end. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

If discussions are not successful, the committee refers the matter to the police and the justice system. (references)

Vietnam

The HCMC People's Committee acknowledged that more than 10,000 women in the city engaged in prostitution. (references)

Worker Rights

Burkina Faso

Every company is required to have a work safety committee. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Plant or enterprise committee members are elected individually. (references)

Thailand

The employees were ordered reinstated by the Labor Relations Committee. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "committee": action committee ♦ ad hoc committee ♦ admission and bed occupancy committee ♦ advising committee ♦ advisory committee ♦ Advisory Committee on Research into Minorities ♦ air priorities committee ♦ arbitration committee ♦ arrangements committee ♦ Asean Brussels Committee ♦ audit committee ♦ bank advisory committee ♦ Basle Committee ♦ Basle Supervisor's Committee ♦ Census Advisory Committee ♦ central committee ♦ citizens committee ♦ Collective Bargaining Committee for Burgomasters ♦ committee meeting ♦ committee member ♦ committee of enquiry ♦ Committee of European Securities Regulators ♦ committee of experts ♦ committee of honour ♦ Committee of Interns and Residents ♦ Committee of the whole ♦ Committee of the whole house ♦ Committee on Assurances of Supply ♦ Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices ♦ committee on examination of credentials ♦ Committee on Fisheries ♦ Committee on Pardons ♦ committee on pharmacology and therapeutics ♦ Committee on the Limnology of Storage Reservoirs ♦ committee on the verification of credentials ♦ Consultant Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph ♦ consultative committee ♦ Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone ♦ Consultative Committee on Purchases and Contracts ♦ Cooke Committee ♦ coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks ♦ cost committee ♦ credentials committee ♦ Development Assistance Committee ♦ drafting committee ♦ election committee ♦ ethical review committee ♦ ethics committee ♦ European Radiocommunications Committee ♦ executive committee ♦ federal Geographic Data Committee ♦ finance committee ♦ hanging committee ♦ industrial committee ♦ international committee for the red cross ♦ international maritime committee ♦ international meteorological committee ♦ investigating committee ♦ joint committee ♦ Joint Dairy Breeds Committee ♦ joint sectorial committee ♦ joint Technical Committee ♦ liaison committee ♦ local arrangements committee ♦ local housing committee ♦ local organizing committee ♦ management committee ♦ member of committee ♦ military committee ♦ National Reserve Forces Committee ♦ national television standards committee ♦ NATO Committee for Standardisation ♦ Natural History Museums Advisory Committee ♦ nominated committee ♦ obligatory standing committee ♦ organizing committee ♦ Permanent Liaison Committee of European Associations in Education ♦ Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee ♦ planning committee ♦ political action committee ♦ public health committee ♦ Radio Equipment and Systems Committee ♦ reception committee ♦ regional committee ♦ RES Committee ♦ safety committee ♦ Satellite Earth Station Committee ♦ school committee ♦ select committee ♦ selection committee ♦ serve on a committee ♦ SES Committee ♦ shop committee ♦ sit on a committee ♦ South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee ♦ standardization committee ♦ standing committee ♦ Statistical Areas Committee ♦ steering committee ♦ textbook Committee ♦ vigilance committee. Additional references.

Beginning with "committee": committee-accredited, committee-bound, committee-forcing, committee-level, committee-like, committee-making, committee-man, committee-managed, committee-meeting, committee-member, committee-related, committee-ridden, committee-roast, committee-room, committee-rooms, committee-run, committee-style, committee-type, committee-work.

Ending with "committee": cabinet-committee, sub-committee.

Albanian

komitet, komision (commission, percentage). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لجنة (board, commission). (various references)

Bulgarian 

комисия (commission), комитет (board), опекун (custodian, tutor). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�"�會 , �"�"� (committee member, council), �"员会 (board, boards, Commission, Council). (various references)

Czech

výbor (anthology, board, bureau, caucus, commission), komise (board, commission). (various references)

Danish

komité. (various references)

Dutch

comité. (various references)

Esperanto

komitato. (various references)

Faeroese

nevnd. (various references)

Farsi 

مجلس مشاوره , هیلت یاکمیته , کمیسیون (Commission). (various references)

Finnish

valiokunta (commission), toimikunta, lautakunta (board, commission, jury), komitea. (various references)

French

comité, commission (commission). (various references)

Frisian

komitee. (various references)

German

komitee (body), ausschuss (board, caucus, exit point, exit wound, reject, rejects, trash), vorstand (board, board of directors, chairman, executive, managing director, managing-committee), Ausschuß (junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste). (various references)

Greek 

επιτροπή (board, commission, delegation, deputation, tribunal). (various references)

Hebrew 

וע�" (board, forever). (various references)

Hungarian

bizottság (board, commission, delegation, panel). (various references)

Indonesian

panitia, lajnah, komite. (various references)

Italian

comitato (board). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

後援会 (fan club, support group), �"�"�会 (committee meeting), コミュニケーション科学基礎� "究所 (choral, collaboration, collaborative, collaborator, collage, collagen, collie, column, columnist, COM, COMECON, comedian, comedy, comet, Cominform, comment, commentator, comment-out, common, common carrier, common language, common sense, Commonwealth Day, communicate, Communication Science Laboratories, communications intelligence, communications satellite, communicator, communism, communist, Communist Information Bureau, community, community care, community center, community college, community media, community paper, community school, community sports, computer output microfilm system, comsat, corrida, corundum, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, Komintern, Komsomol, Korea, operator in a telemarketing business, stand-alone feature article framed by a box). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いい�"かい (committee meeting), �"うえ�"かい (fan club, lecture, support group), コメディー (comedy). (various references)

Korean 

위원회 (Panel). (various references)

Manx

bing (jury; tuneful, musical, shrill, sweet). (various references)

Papiamen

komishon. (various references)

Pig Latin

ommitteecay

Portuguese

comitê, junta (directorate, join, joint, junta, knuckle, union), comissão (comission, commission, errand, kickback). (various references)

Romanian

comitet (board), comisie (board, commission, court). (various references)

Russian 

комитет (commision, coterie). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odbor (board, council), komitet. (various references)

Spanish

comité (commission), comisión (agent's commission, assignment, board, commission, delegation, inquiry, kickback). (various references)

Swedish

utskott (committe, outgrowth, rejections), nämnd (authority, board, jury), kommitté (commitee). (various references)

Tagalog

lúpon. (various references)

Turkish

heyet (board, college, commission, corps, deputation, group, mission, panel, posse). (various references)

Turkmen 

komissiяa (r) (board, commission). (various references)

Ukrainian

комітет, опікун (administrator, curator, custodian, fiduciary, trustee). (various references)

Vietnamese 

uỷ ban (board). (various references)

Welsh

pwyllgor. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "committee": committeeman, committeemen, committees, committeewoman, committeewomen. (additional references)

Words ending with "committee": subcommittee. (additional references)

Words containing "committee": subcommittees. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Committee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: comette, Comitato, comite, comitee, comitte, comittee, comittie, comitty, commetee, commite, commitee, commitie, committe, committeee, committere, committes, committiee, committy, commity, commmittee, commttee, commuitty, commuty, conmitte, omittee. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: totemic.

-3 letters: commie, commit, emetic.

-4 letters: comet, comte, emmet, emote, mimeo, motet, motte, octet, totem.

-5 letters: cete, cite, come, cote, emic, emit, etic, item, meet, meme, memo, mete, mice, mime, mite, mitt, mome, momi, mote, mott, omit, otic, teem, time, toit, tome, tote.

+1 letter: committees.

+2 letters: recommitted.

+3 letters: committeeman, committeemen, mastectomies, recommitment, subcommittee, thermometric, thymectomies, thymectomize.

+4 letters: magnetometric, omnicompetent, overcommitted, precommitment, recommitments, subcommittees, telecommuting, thermochemist, thymectomized, thymectomizes.

+5 letters: committeewoman, committeewomen, micrometeorite, overcommitment, thermochemists, thermomagnetic.