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Noun committee has 2 senses
  1. committee, commission - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
    --1 is a kind of administrative unit, administrative body
    --1 has members: commissioner; committee member
    --1 has particulars:
     Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission; blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee; board; election commission; fairness commission; planning commission; conservancy; select committee; subcommittee; standing committee; steering committee; ethics committee, ethics panel; finance committee; politburo; political action committee, PAC; presidium, praesidium; zoning commission; jury, panel; vestry
    Derived form: verb commit4
  2. committee, citizens committee - a self-constituted organization to promote something
    --2 is a kind of nongovernmental organization, NGO
    --2 has particulars: vigilance committee; welcoming committee
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