English-Thai Dictionary

committee

N คณะกรรมการ  board council ka-na-kam-ma-kan

 

committeeman

N กรรมการ  kam-ma-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMITTEE

n.One or more persons, elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body or either branch of it, or by a court, or by an corporation, or by any society, or collective body of men acting together. In legislative bodies, a house or branch of that body may resolve or form itself into a committee, called a committee of the whole hose, when the speaker leaves the chair, and one of the members acts as chairman. Standing committees are such as continue during the existence of the legislature, and to these are committed all matters that fall within the purposes of their appointment; as the committee of elections, or of privileges, etc. Special committees are appointed to consider and report on particular subjects.

 

COMMITTEESHIP

n.The office and profit of committees.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMITTEE

Com *mit "tee, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County. ]

 

Defn: One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or bussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. Commitee of the whole [house ], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. -- Standing committee. See under Standing.

 

COMMITTEE

Com `mit *tee ", n. Etym: [From Commit, v. t.] (Law )

 

Defn: One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

 

COMMITTEEMAN

COMMITTEEMAN Com *mit "tee *man, n.

 

Defn: A member of a committee.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

committee

com mit tee |kəˈmitē kəˈmɪdi | ▶noun 1 [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group: the housing committee | [ as modifier ] : a committee meeting. • such a body appointed by a legislature to consider the details of proposed legislation: there was much scrutiny in committee . 2 |kəˈmɪti |Law a person who has been judicially committed to the charge of another because of insanity or mental retardation. • Brit. a person entrusted with the charge of another person or another person's property. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted ’): from commit + -ee .

 

committeeman

com mit tee man |kəˈmitēmən, -ˌman kəˈmɪdimən | ▶noun ( pl. committeemen ) (in the US ) a male local political party leader.

 

Committee of Public Safety

Committee of Public Safety a French governing body set up in April 1793, during the Revolution. Under the influence of Robespierre it initiated the Terror but it was dissolved in 1795.

 

committee of the whole

com mit tee of the whole the entire membership of a legislative body when sitting as a committee.

 

committee stage

com ¦mit |tee stage |kəˈmɪtisteɪʤ | ▶noun Brit. the third of five stages of a bill's progress through Parliament when it may be debated and amended.

 

committeewoman

com mit tee wom an |kəˈmitēˌwo͝omən kəˈmɪdiˌwʊmən | ▶noun ( pl. committeewomen ) (in the US ) a female local political party leader.

 

Oxford Dictionary

committee

com ¦mit |tee ▶noun 1 |kəˈmɪti | [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group: the housing committee | [ as modifier ] : a committee meeting. • (in the UK ) a committee appointed by Parliament to consider the details of proposed legislation: there was much scrutiny in committee . • ( Committee of the whole House ) (in the UK ) the whole House of Commons when sitting as a committee. 2 |ˌkɒmɪˈtiː |Law a person entrusted with the charge of another person or another person's property. • chiefly US a person who has been judicially committed to the charge of another because of insanity or mental disability. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted ’): from commit + -ee .

 

committeeman

committeeman |kəˈmɪtimən |(or committeewoman ) ▶noun ( pl. committeemen or committeewomen ) (in the US ) a local political party leader.

 

Committee of Public Safety

Committee of Public Safety a French governing body set up in April 1793, during the Revolution. Under the influence of Robespierre it initiated the Terror but it was dissolved in 1795.

 

committee of the whole

com mit tee of the whole the entire membership of a legislative body when sitting as a committee.

 

committee stage

com ¦mit |tee stage |kəˈmɪtisteɪʤ | ▶noun Brit. the third of five stages of a bill's progress through Parliament when it may be debated and amended.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

committee

committee noun she appointed a committee to look into the busing issue: board, council, brain trust.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

committee

com mit tee /kəmɪ́ti , 2 ではkɑ̀mɪtíː |kɔ̀m -/〖語源は 「任される (commit )者 (ee )」; 〗→commit 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖集合的に; ｟主に英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗 «…に関する /…のための » 委員会 «on /for » ; (全 )委員 (!1人の委員はa committee member ) ; ｟英 ｠〖C- 〗全院委員会 ▸ a standing [a steering, an executive ] committee 常任 [運営, 執行 ]委員会 ▸ a committee on college life 大学生活に関する委員会 ▸ a committee meeting 委員会 (の会議 )▸ set up [form, organize ] a committee 委員会を設立 [組織 ]する ▸ be [sit, serve ] on the committee 委員会のメンバーである ▸ be in committee (議案などが )委員会で審議中である ▸ The committee meet (s ) on Friday .委員会は金曜日に開催される (!構成員の個々を意識する場合には特に ｟英 ｠では複数扱い ) .2 〘法 〙後見人 ; 管財人 .～́ st à ge 〘英議会 〙委員会審議 .

 

committeeman

comm í ttee man /-mən, -mæ̀n /名詞 複 -men C (委員会の男性の )委員 ; (地区の )政治指導者 (｟男女共用 ｠committee member, member of the committee ).

 

committeewoman

comm í ttee w ò man 名詞 複 -women C (女性の )委員 ; (地区の )女性政治指導者 (→committeeman ).