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committee
verbs
a committee meets
(= has a meeting )
• The environmental health committee will meet again next Wednesday.
be on a committee
(= be a member of a committee )
• I was on the parents' committee at my kids' school.
serve/sit on a committee
(= be a member of an important committee )
• Our organization is always in need of volunteers to serve on the committee.
chair a committee
(= be the person in charge of a committee )
• Professor Peacock was appointed to chair the committee.
appoint/set up/form a committee
• The council appointed a special committee to study the issue.
join a committee
• I was invited to join a committee to plan the summer carnival.
leave a committee
• After three years, she decided to leave the committee.
stand down from a committee
(= leave it )
• Everyone was sorry when he stood down from the committee.
committee + NOUN
a committee meeting
• There's a committee meeting once a month.
a committee member
• Four committee members did not attend the meeting.
the committee chairman/chair
• There will be a new committee chairman next year.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + committee
a special committee
• A special committee of scientists was set up to study the disease.
an executive committee
(= that manages an organization and makes decisions for it )
• He sat on the firm's Executive Committee.
an advisory committee
• a government advisory committee
a standing committee
(= a permanent one )
a joint committee
(= involving two or more groups )
a steering committee
(= one that directs a particular activity )
a select committee
(= one of politicians and advisers who look at a particular subject )
a management committee
• The scheme will be overseen by a management committee.
a government/departmental/ministerial committee
a planning committee
British English (= one that considers requests to build new buildings )
• Several concerns were raised at the planning committee.
the finance/education etc committee
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noun ADJ. central | joint | standing | ad hoc, special | select | executive, management, steering | advisory, consultative | disciplinary | appeal | audit, finance, planning, selection, strike VERB + COMMITTEE create, establish, form, set up | chair Lord Stansfield will chair the committee. | appoint (sb to), elect (sb to) He was appointed to the advisory committee last month. | be on, serve on, sit on She serves on several committees. | leave, stand down from | disband COMMITTEE + VERB meet The committee meets every Thursday. COMMITTEE + NOUN member | meeting PREP. on a/the ~ I talked to some of the people on the committee. | ~ on a committee on the safety of medicinesORGANIZATION
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