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  • 21Committee of 19 — The Committee of 19 is a committee of students at Auburn University that direct the War on Hunger efforts on campus and in the local community. In 2004, Auburn University was chosen by the World Food Programme, an agency of the United Nations and …

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  • 22committee*/*/*/ — [kəˈmɪti] noun[C] a group of people who represent a larger group or organization and are chosen to do a particular job a management committee[/ex] committee meetings[/ex] He s on the golf club committee.[/ex] • In British English, committee can… …

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  • 23committee — committeeism, committeeship, n. /keuh mit ee/, n. 1. a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter. 2. See standing committee. 3. Law. an… …

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  • 24committee — [[t]kəmɪ̱ti[/t]] ♦ committees N COUNT COLL: usu with supp A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent. ...a committee of ministers. ...an elected Management Committee …

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  • 25committee */*/*/ — UK [kəˈmɪtɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms committee : singular committee plural committees a) a group of people who represent a larger group or organization and are chosen to do a particular job, for example to study something and suggest… …

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  • 26Committee I — The Committee I, or the Permanent Oversight Committee on the Intelligence and Security Services (Dutch: Vast Comité van Toezicht op de inlichtingen en veiligheidsdiensten, French: Comité permanent de contrôle des services de renseignements et de… …

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  • 27committee — Synonyms and related words: ad hoc committee, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, board, body, brawl, cabinet, caucus, colloquium, commission, committee of one, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention,… …

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  • 28committee — com|mit|tee [ kə mıti ] noun count *** a group of people who represent a larger group or organization and are chosen to do a particular job, for example to study something and suggest what action to take: the Senate Foreign Relations committee a …

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  • 29committee — noun 1》 kə mɪti [treated as sing. or plural] a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group.     ↘a committee appointed by Parliament to consider proposed legislation.     ↘(Committee of the whole House) the whole House of… …

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  • 30committee — noun 1 (C) a group of people chosen to represent a larger group in order to do a particular job, make decisions etc: He s on the finance committee. (also + plural verb BrE): The committee have decided to raise membership fees for next year. 2… …

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