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com·mit·tee

committee

 
 
pronunciation:
k mI ti
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part of speech: noun
definition: A committee is a special group of people who meet together to talk about particular things and and make decisions about them. Often they try to solve problems. People on a committee are chosen by others to be on the committee, or they volunteer to be part of it.
Some of the neighbors are forming a committee. They want to solve the problem of too much noise in the neighborhood at night.
similar words:
board, council, staff
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