committee
Meanings
Plural: committees
Noun
- a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle
- "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
- a self-constituted organization to promote something
- A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
- A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.
- Alternative form of kameti.
Origin / Etymology
From commit + -ee, or else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.
Synonyms
citizens committee, commission
Scrabble Score: 15
committee is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcommittee is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
committee is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
committee is a valid Words With Friends word