Synonyms:
committee, commission
Meaning: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
Synonyms:
committee, citizens_committee
Meaning: a self-constituted organization to promote something
Usage examples
"The Committee says to wait.
The Suffrage Committee in the House was appointed.
The next day Florence sat in committee over the lost Countess.
The project was rejected in committee (April 12) by a vote of 31 to 29.
It would not permit it even to be reported from the Judiciary Committee.
"And for the first time my damned Committee has mattered scarcely a rap."
He was a vigilance committee in himself through sheer force of personality.
Death approved of Sir Richmond's determination to see the Committee through.
Quite an agreeable interview took place between Cornelius and the Committee.
They entertained the committee from the Convocation for dinner, that evening.