Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 18 compound words that contain committee. The most common are listed below. Open committee in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- executive committeeA subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board.
- standing committeeAn established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress …
- steering committeeA committee set up to determine the order of business for another body, or to manage the general course of an operation
- select committeeA committee made up of a number of parliamentary or legislative members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
- central committeeA standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.
- Advisory Committee
- Audit Committee
- Review Committee
- joint committeeIn a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.
- Selection Committee
- committee roomsingular of committee rooms
- school committeeSynonym of school board: A governing body of people elected (a board of directors or board of trustees) to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.
- God committeeSynonym of God squad (“ethics committee”).
- Conference Committee
- Planning Committee
- committee of the wholeA meeting of a deliberative assembly according to modified procedural rules based on those of a committee.
- Organizing committee
- program committeeA group of experts responsible for reviewing scientific conference submissions and drafting the conference program.
- a camel is a horse designed by a committeeToo many people on one project can spoil it by having conflicting or inexperienced ideas.
- exploratory committeeAn organization established to help determine whether a potential candidate should run for an elected office.
- vigilance committeeA group of private citizens who administered justice where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate.
- clearness committeeAmong Quakers, a group of people who meet to seek clarity on how somebody should respond to a concern or dilemma.
- Quad CommitteeA collection of four committees of the House of Representatives, namely the Committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts.
- tissue committeeA medical committee that reviews tissue samples in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the surgeries performed in an institution.
- riding committeeA committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.
Compound words 18
- committalThe act of entrusting something to someone.
- comitologyThe system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
- concomThe group of volunteers who organise and run a convention.
- committeelessWithout a committee; not belonging to any committee.
- multicommitteeOf or pertaining to more than one committee.
- committeeismA tendency to make decisions and tackle problems by means of committees.
- committeepeopleplural of committeeperson: A member of a committee.
- committeepersonA member of a committee.
- committeeshipThe position or office of being on a committee.
- procommitteeSupporting or favouring a committee.