COMMITTEE


Meaning of COMMITTEE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ central

▪ joint

▪ standing

▪ ad hoc , special

▪ select

▪ congressional , senate

▪ executive , management , steering

▪ advisory , consultative

▪ disciplinary , investigating , planning

▪ strike ( BrE )

▪ appeal ( BrE )

▪ audit , finance

▪ search (= for finding the right person to do a job) ( esp. AmE ), selection

▪ ethics

▪ political action (= a group that tries to get a particular person elected) ( AmE )

VERB + COMMITTEE

▪ create , establish , form , organize , set up

▪ chair , head

Mr Taylor will chair the board's audit ~.

▪ appoint (sb to) , elect (sb to)

He was appointed to the advisory ~ last month.

▪ be on , serve on , sit on

She serves on several ~s.

▪ leave , stand down from

▪ disband

COMMITTEE + VERB

▪ meet

The ~ meets every Thursday.

▪ approve , conclude , decide , find , recommend

COMMITTEE + NOUN

▪ member

▪ chair , chairman

▪ meeting

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

I talked to some of the people on the ~.

▪ ~ on

a ~ on the safety of medicines

▪ ~ of

a ~ of experts

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