What does committee mean in English?

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committee Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it:
- She sits on/is on the school's development committee.
- The local council has just set up a committee to study recycling.
- a committee meeting
1 a group of people chosen from a larger group to act on or consider matters of a particular kind:
- She sits on the city’s finance committee.
2 a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and make decisions or collect information for it:
- committee members
- a committee meeting
- If the others on the committee share his view and the data continues to be weak, a rate rise seems unlikely.
- appoint/form/establish a committee A committee was appointed to oversee the building of the new facility.
- be/sit/serve on a committee She has served on the committee for many years.
- chair a committee The Finance Director usually chairs this committee.
- a committee decides/approves/recommends The selection committee recommended that both candidates be appointed.
- an advisory/consultative/executive committee

The committee is composed of MPs, doctors, academics and members of the public.
The finance committee controls the school's budget.
It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new scheme.
She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.
In his capacity as secretary of the residents association, he regularly attends meetings of the community policing committee.
In theory, village development plans flow up through district and regional development committees to the central government.
The organization committee presented monthly reports to the executive.
We expect these committees will not exhibit a strong tendency to fall in the majority party's target area on its side of the chamber median.