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committee
English
Alternative forms
- cttee (contraction)
- cmte (contraction)
Etymology
From commit +? -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.
Pronunciation
- group of persons
- enPR: k?-m?t??, IPA(key): [k??m?t.i]
- Rhymes: -?ti
- person in charge of another
- (UK) IPA(key): [k?m??ti?]
- Rhymes: -i?
- (US) enPR: käm-?-t??, IPA(key): [k?m??ti?]
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
committee (plural committees)
- A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
- (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.
Hyponyms
- program committee
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: comité (see there for further descendants)
Translations
Further reading
- committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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society
English
Alternative forms
- soc. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/
Noun
society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)
- (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
- (uncountable) High society.
- (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.
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