committee

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English

Alternative forms

• (contraction) cttee, cmte
• (abbreviation) cmte., com, com., comm, comm.

Etymology

From commit +‎ -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

Pronunciation

group of persons

• enPR: kə-mĭtʹē, IPA^(key): [kəˈmɪt.i]
• Rhymes: -ɪti

person in charge of another

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˌkɒmɪˈtiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• (US) enPR: käm-ĭ-tēʹ, IPA^(key): [ˌkɑmɪˈtiː]

Noun

committee (plural committees)

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

2. (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
3. (Pakistan, British Pakistani, finance) Alternative form of kameti

Hypernyms

• group

Hyponyms

• program committee

Coordinate terms

• council
• squad
• task force
• team
• workgroup
• working group

Derived terms

Descendants

• → French: comité (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Further reading

• committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia