committee

com-mit-tee · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A group of people appointed or elected to perform a function on behalf of a larger organization.

  2. 2.

    A body of persons delegated to consider and report on some matter.

Forms

plural: committees

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    committee meeting — A gathering of committee members.
  • •
    steering committee — A committee that guides the direction of an organization.
  • •
    standing committee — A permanent committee.
  • •
    ad hoc committee — A committee formed for a specific purpose.

Related words

See also: board, commission, council
Synonyms: board, commission, council, panel

Etymology

From Anglo-French commite ("person to whom something is committed"), past participle of commettre ("to commit"), from Latin committere. The modern sense of a group rather than an individual developed in the 17th century.