# committee

Pronunciation: say "kuh-MIT-ee" US /ˌkɑmɪˈtiː/, UK /ˌkɒmɪˈtiː/

## Noun

1. A group of one or more people brought together to accomplish a specific purpose, usually following formal rules.
   - Simple: A group of people chosen to do a particular job or make decisions together.
   - _The committee voted unanimously to approve next year's budget._
   - _She chairs a committee responsible for reviewing safety standards across the plant._

## Noun

2. A guardian appointed to take charge of a person judged unable to look after their own affairs. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A person put in charge of someone who cannot take care of themselves.

## Other meanings

- (noun) Alternative form of kameti.

## Origin

Two accounts exist, and the OED3 favors the first: the word is simply 'commit' with the suffix '-ee' added. On the other account it revives Anglo-Norman 'commite', past participle of 'commettre' ('to commit'), which goes back to Latin 'committere', built from 'con-' ('with') and 'mittere' ('to send').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/committee (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).