Committee — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle

a self-constituted organization to promote something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈuːdli/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪspˈəʊnənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪspˈəʊnənt/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈuːdli/.

Examples

a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

citizens committee commission

Parts of Speech

noun	a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle “a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours”
noun	a self-constituted organization to promote something

Word Forms

commit	verb	confer a trust upon
commissioner	noun	a member of a commission

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ausschuss

eine spezielle Gruppe, die beauftragt wurde, eine Angelegenheit zu prüfen; - Milton Berle

🇫🇷French

comité

un groupe spécial délégué pour examiner une question ; - Milton Berlé

🇪🇸Spanish

comité

un grupo especial delegado para considerar algún asunto; - Milton Berle

🇮🇹Italian

comitato

un gruppo speciale delegato a considerare alcune questioni; -Milton Berlé

🇳🇱Dutch

commissie

een speciale groep die werd afgevaardigd om een bepaalde kwestie te bespreken; - Milton Berle

🇵🇹Portuguese

comitê

um grupo especial delegado para considerar algum assunto; - Milton Berle

🇷🇺Russian

комитет

специальная группа, которой поручено рассмотреть какой-либо вопрос; - Милтон Берл

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समिति

किसी मामले पर विचार करने के लिए नियुक्त एक विशेष समूह; - मिल्टन बर्ले

🇧🇩Bengali

কমিটি

কিছু বিষয় বিবেচনা করার জন্য একটি বিশেষ দল নিযুক্ত করা হয়েছে; - মিল্টন বেরলে

🇮🇳Tamil

குழு

சில விஷயங்களைப் பரிசீலிக்க நியமிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு சிறப்புக் குழு; - மில்டன் பெர்லே

🇮🇳Telugu

కమిటీ

కొన్ని విషయాలను పరిగణలోకి తీసుకోవడానికి నియమించబడిన ప్రత్యేక సమూహం; - మిల్టన్ బెర్లే

🇮🇳Marathi

समिती

काही बाबींवर विचार करण्यासाठी नियुक्त केलेला एक विशेष गट; - मिल्टन बर्ले

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમિતિ

કોઈ બાબતને ધ્યાનમાં લેવા માટે સોંપવામાં આવેલ વિશેષ જૂથ; - મિલ્ટન બર્લે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಮಿತಿ

ಕೆಲವು ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲು ನಿಯೋಜಿಸಲಾದ ವಿಶೇಷ ಗುಂಪು; - ಮಿಲ್ಟನ್ ಬರ್ಲೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കമ്മിറ്റി

ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ പരിഗണിക്കാൻ നിയോഗിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു പ്രത്യേക സംഘം; - മിൽട്ടൺ ബെർലെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਮੇਟੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਮਾਮਲੇ 'ਤੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸੌਂਪਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਸਮੂਹ; - ਮਿਲਟਨ ਬਰਲੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

کمیٹی

ایک خصوصی گروپ جسے کسی معاملے پر غور کرنے کے لیے تفویض کیا گیا ہے۔ - ملٹن برلے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

委员会

被授权审议某些事项的特别小组； ——米尔顿·伯利

🇯🇵Japanese

委員会

ある問題を検討するために委任された特別なグループ。 - ミルトン・バール

🇰🇷Korean

위원회

어떤 문제를 고려하도록 위임된 특별 그룹; - 밀턴 베를레

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ủy ban

một nhóm đặc biệt được ủy quyền để xem xét một số vấn đề; - Milton Berle

🇹🇭Thai

คณะกรรมการ

กลุ่มพิเศษที่ได้รับมอบหมายให้พิจารณาเรื่องบางเรื่อง - มิลตัน เบิร์ล

🇮🇩Indonesian

komite

kelompok khusus yang diutus untuk mempertimbangkan suatu hal; - Milton Berle

🇵🇭Filipino

komite

isang espesyal na grupo na inatasan upang isaalang-alang ang ilang bagay; - Milton Berle

🇲🇾Malay

jawatankuasa

kumpulan khas yang diwakilkan untuk mempertimbangkan beberapa perkara; - Milton Berle

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لجنة

مجموعة خاصة مفوضة للنظر في بعض الأمور؛ - ميلتون بيرل

🇮🇷Persian

کمیته

گروه ویژه ای که برای بررسی برخی موضوع ها تفویض شده است. - میلتون برل

🇹🇷Turkish

komite

bazı konuları ele almak üzere görevlendirilen özel bir grup; -Milton Berle

🇮🇱Hebrew

וַעֲדָה

קבוצה מיוחדת שנשלחה לשקול עניין כלשהו; מילטון ברל

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