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committees

US/kəˈmɪtiz/

committees is the plural of committee.

Meaning of committee

Noun

committee (plural committees)

  1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
    • My uncle is on the committee.
  2. (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after themselves.

Phrases with committees

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Words that rhyme with committees

Questions about committees

What is committees the plural of?
Committees is the plural of committee.
How do you pronounce committees?
Committees is pronounced /kəˈmɪtiz/ (US).

Words near committees in the dictionary

  1. committeeman
  2. committeemen
  3. committeepeople
  4. committeeperson
  5. committeepersons
  6. committees
  7. committees of the whole
  8. committeeship
  9. committeeships
  10. committeewoman
  11. committeewomen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: committees (page history and authors); committee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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