Committee

Noun

 * 1) a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
 * 2)  a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Adjectives for Committee
advisory; influential; corresponding; reception; self-constituted; associational; intractable; select; prudential; vigilance; chagrined; strong; supreme; grand; advisory; special; executive; proper; socialistic; pacific; utilization.

Verbs for Committee
appear before—; appoint to—; arm—; corral—; dominate—; hamstring—; head—; invent—; preside over—; set up—; taunt—; —advises; —bans; —bars; —condones; —denounces; —evinces; —favors; —functions; —proclaims; —retorts.

Derived terms
committeeman; committeeperson; committeewoman; subcommittee

Thesaurus
assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, board, body, brawl, cabinet, caucus, colloquium, commission, committee of one, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, delegation, deputation, diet, eisteddfod, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, housewarming, levee, meet, meeting, mission, panel, party, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, special committee, standing committee, subcommittee, symposium, synod, turnout

Etymology
comité:, past participle of commettre:, from committere:, from con-: + mittere:.

Pronunciation

 * group of persons


 * person in charge of another

Translations

 * Arabic: لجنة
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, commission
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ועדה (va'ada)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: komite, panitia, panitera
 * Interlingua: committee
 * Irish: coiste


 * Italian: comitato
 * Japanese: 委員会 (いいんかい, iinkai)
 * Korean: 위원회 (wiwonhoe)
 * Kurdish:, , ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: комитет, комиссия
 * Scottish Gaelic: comataidh
 * Serbian: časništvo
 * Slovene: komite
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Volapük: komitetanef


 * French: tuteur, gardien, curateur
 * Hebrew: ממונה


 * Russian: опекун
 * Swahili: