councils
KOWN-suhlz/ˈkaʊn.səlz/
- 1Plural of council.
Local councils across the region voted to increase funding for schools.
Several student councils sent delegates to the national conference.
Note
A regular plural, and one that counts bodies rather than talk: city councils, student councils, church councils. In British usage it also names local authorities themselves, so councils can mean the local governments of a whole region. Watch the homophone: counsel means advice or an adviser, so committees are councils while lawyers give counsel.
councils is a form of council
council, noun: A body of people who lead or govern an organization, city, school, or similar group. Full entry
- Forms
- councilcouncils plural
- Spelling
- council → councils: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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