noun
committee
A group appointed to consider matters or carry out a task.
The committee meets every month to review requests for funding.
Etymology
Latin committere meant to entrust, and -ee names the recipient. A committee is the person or group to whom business has been entrusted for consideration or action.
More examples
- She serves on a committee that plans neighborhood events.
- The safety committee recommends better lighting in the parking lot.
- Two committees share responsibility for reviewing the new policy.
Forms
committee · committees
Similar words
- panel
- Often emphasizes members' expertise in discussing or judging a subject.
- board
- Usually has ongoing authority to govern or oversee an organization.
- commission
- Often an official body assigned to investigate or regulate.