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subcommittee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -ee English committee English subcommittee From sub- + committee.

Meanings

1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
   • Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize 2003, R.E.M., “Bad Day”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003:
   • “We all know that this is a second-best option” said Michigan Rep. 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 political fight leading Jan. 6 investigation”, in CNN:
   • 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 14, J. J. Davis, “Narrow Gauge Railway Museum”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:
   • 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 CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

subcommitteeman

Translations (27)

mn дэд хороо (committee within a committee) · fo undirnevnd (committee within a committee) · de Unterausschuss (committee within a committee) · fi alakomitea (committee within a committee) · ru подкомите́т (committee within a committee) · cs podvýbor (committee within a committee) · nn underkomité (committee within a committee) · tl kublupon (committee within a committee) · sv subkommitté (committee within a committee) · ga fochoiste (committee within a committee) · nl ondercommissie (committee within a committee) · vi phân ban (committee within a committee) · nn underkomite (committee within a committee) · vi tiểu ban (committee within a committee) · fr sous-comité (committee within a committee) · cmn 小組委員會 /小组委员会 (committee within a committee) · gv fo-ving (committee within a committee) · pl podkomisja (committee within a committee) · es subcomité (committee within a committee) · it sottocomitato (committee within a committee) · da underudvalg (committee within a committee) · gd fo-chomataidh (committee within a committee) · nb underkomité (committee within a committee) · hu albizottság (committee within a committee) · pl podkomitet (committee within a committee) · sv underutskott (committee within a committee) · nb underkomite (committee within a committee)