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COMMITTEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A special group delegated to consider some matter
Example:
a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("committee" is a kind of...):
administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)
Meronyms (members of "committee"):
commissioner (a member of a commission)
committee member (a member of a committee)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "committee"):
vestry (in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church)
jury; panel (a committee appointed to judge a competition)
zoning commission (a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use)
praesidium; presidium (a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session)
PAC; political action committee (committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates)
politburo (the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party)
finance committee (a committee appointed to consider financial issues)
ethics committee; ethics panel (a committee appointed to consider ethical issues)
steering committee (a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body)
standing committee (a permanent committee)
subcommittee (a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose)
select committee (a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose)
conservancy (a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river)
planning commission (a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments)
fairness commission (a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views)
election commission (a commission delegated to supervise an election)
board (a committee having supervisory powers)
blue ribbon commission; blue ribbon committee (an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue)
Economic and Social Council commission; ECOSOC commission (a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations)
Derivation:
commit (confer a trust upon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A self-constituted organization to promote something
Synonyms:
citizens committee; committee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("committee" is a kind of...):
NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "committee"):
vigilance committee (a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist)
welcoming committee (a committee to welcome new residents to a community)
Context examples:
A coded value specifying the kind of oversight committee.
(Oversight Committee Type Code, NCI Thesaurus)
A nomenclature committee to standardize the naming of enzymes.
(Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, NCI Thesaurus)
This committee performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on human study subjects that are scientific, ethical, and regulatory.Institutional Review Board (IRB), ethics committee, research ethics board, etc.
(Oversight Committee, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK; Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA; World Health Organization (WHO); Institutional Review Board (IRB); Ethics committee; Research ethics board.
(Oversight Authority, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The number of reviewers, the reviewing procedures and criteria, and the use made of the reviewers' opinions may vary, and therefore each reviewing organization/committee has to publicly disclose its policies.
(Peer-reviewed Scientific Project, NCI Thesaurus)
The date and time span for when the oversight committee is active.
(Oversight Committee Effective Date Range, NCI Thesaurus)
A doctoral degree earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research and publications.
(Doctor of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): healthcare provider, adjudication committee, family member, radiologist, vendor (may provide a uniform assessment for all sites participating in a study), heart rate monitor, pace maker.
(Evaluator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The DCLG will also help NCI to widen the pool of qualified consumer-advocates who can be called upon to serve on NCI advisory committees and other groups.
(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)
Opinions of respected authorities based on clinical experience, consensus statements from expert committees, or authoritative reviews.
(Level of Evidence IV, NCI Dictionary)
