Collocations for "committee"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "committee" in context.
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committee
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [select, tribunal, school, finance] committee
- [an education, an industrial, a housing] committee
- the [workers', employees'] committee
- the committee [of, for] [workers]
- a committee of [experts, ministers, artists]
- a committee for [animal, human, workers'] rights
- the Committee on [Energy, Education, Foreign] Policy
- is a member of the (Select) Committee (on)
- [heads, fronts, leads] the committee on
- sits on the committee (of)
- is the [president, chair] of the committee
- [set up, establish, appoint, form] a committee (to)
- the committee meets [weekly, monthly, annually] (to)
- the committee met to [discuss, analyze, determine]
- was [expelled, warned, advised] by the committee
- the [aim, goal, purpose] of the committee
- [decided, designed, made] by committee
- put it to a committee
- the Committee [chair, president, leader]
- is a committee [member, organizer]
- attend a committee [hearing, session, meeting]
'committee' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acceptance
- advise
- advisory
- approval
- arm
- assembly
- assignment
- belong
- campaign
- chair
- chairman
- clout
- compensation
- comprise
- conclusion
- counsel
- dissertation
- establishment
- expert
- fairness
- form
- formation
- grievance
- head
- heading
- health
- joint
- liaise
- membership
- overriding
- oversight
- persuade
- planning
- prejudice
- provisional
- remit
- representation
- rider
- rule
- ruling
- script
- scrutiny
- seat
- secretary
- select
- selection
- single
- sit
- standing
- steering