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subcommittee

/ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/

subcommittee noun: a committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.

Noun

subcommittee (plural subcommittees)

  1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
    • The society's museum sub-committee is aiming to gather narrow-gauge railway exhibits from throughout the British Isles, and further accommodation will be provided to house the growing collection.1957 June, J. J. Davis, “Narrow Gauge Railway Museum”, in Railway Magazine, page 393
    • Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize2003, R.E.M., “Bad Day”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

subcommittee meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Vietnamese

subcommittee in Bengali

উপসমিতি

subcommittee in Tagalog

committee within a committee
kublupon

subcommittee in Vietnamese

committee within a committee
tiểu ban, phân ban

Examples of subcommittee in a sentence

  • Elissa Slotkin, who chairs one of the Homeland Security subcommittees under Thompson.2021 July 12, Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, “‘We’ll do this work as long as it takes’: Thompson readies for...
  • The subcommittee report says that if evidence of the virus’ natural origin existed, it would have surfaced by now.2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in...

Forms of subcommittee

pluralsubcommittees

Plural of subcommittee: subcommittees

Origin of subcommittee

From sub- + committee.

Words formed from subcommittee

Questions about subcommittee

What does subcommittee mean?
Subcommittee means a committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
What is subcommittee in Bengali?
Subcommittee in Bengali is উপসমিতি. See Subcommittee meaning in Bengali.
How do you use subcommittee in a sentence?
Elissa Slotkin, who chairs one of the Homeland Security subcommittees under Thompson.
What part of speech is subcommittee?
Subcommittee is a noun.
How do you pronounce subcommittee?
Subcommittee is pronounced /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/.
What is the plural of subcommittee?
The plural of subcommittee is subcommittees.

Words near subcommittee in the dictionary

  1. subcommissioners
  2. subcommissions
  3. subcommissural
  4. subcommissural organ
  5. subcommissural organs
  6. subcommittee
  7. subcommitteeman
  8. subcommitteemen
  9. subcommittees
  10. subcommune
  11. subcommunities

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