committee

English

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Etymology

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From commit + -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (to commit), from Latin committere, from con- (with) + mittere (to send).

Pronunciation

group of persons
  • enPR: kə-mĭtʹē, IPA(key): [kəˈmɪt.i]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪti
person in charge of another
  • (UK) IPA(key): [kɒmɪˈtiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • (US) enPR: käm-ĭ-tēʹ, IPA(key): [kɑmɪˈtiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː

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 himself or herself.

Hyponyms

program committee

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