COMMITTEE
\kəmˈɪti], \kəmˈɪti], \k_ə_m_ˈɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of COMMITTEE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
By Princeton University
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One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
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One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One or more persons to whom some special business is committed by a court or assembly or other body of men.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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