0 a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization:
1 a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization:
2 a group of people who are responsible for making official decisions about a particular activity or advising people about something:
the UN security council
sit on/serve on/be elected to a council Solomon, an accountant from Portland, has been elected to the five-member investment council.
3 in the UK, an organization consisting of people who have been elected to govern a town, city, or area:
4 in the US, a group of people who have been elected to govern a city:
The local council has remained deaf to all the objections to its proposals.
The local council has decreed that the hospital should close.
The council is encouraging the development of the property for both employment and recreation.
They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.
The council is to examine ways of reducing traffic in the city centre.
The second part examines the determinants of the participatory performance of the deliberative health councils based on a comparative analysis of the four case studies.
The law gave district councils the power to pass by-laws, provided that the minister for local government and cooperatives approved them.
The local councils adopt programmes, work plans and the relevant budgets on the basis of locally identified social and economic needs.
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