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noun
- 1. an advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly: "an official human rights council" Similar
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a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization: the UN Security Council. The council is being pressured to approve the plan. (Definition of council from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. : an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion. the Second Vatican Council. 2. : a group elected or appointed as an advisory or legislative body. a governor's council. a city council. 3. a. : a usually administrative body. a council on housing. b. : an executive body whose members are equal in power and authority. c.
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization: the UN Security Council. The council is being pressured to approve the plan.
A council is a group of people that gathers for the purpose of giving advice or making decisions. If you’re president of the student council, for example, you might organize people to get the hallways at your school painted purple.
Its most common sense is “an assembly of persons convened for deliberation or the like.”. It is generally used with a singular verb. A member of such a group is a councilor. counsel is both noun and verb. Its most common meaning as a noun is “advice given to another”: His counsel on domestic relations is sound.
noun. an assembly of people meeting for discussion, consultation, etc. an emergency council. a body of people elected or appointed to serve in an administrative, legislative, or advisory capacity. a student council. the council. sometimes capital the local governing authority of a town, county, etc. a meeting or the deliberation of a council.
n. 1. a. An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion. b. A body of people elected or appointed to serve as administrators, legislators, or advisers. c. An assembly of church officials and theologians convened for regulating matters of doctrine and discipline. 2.
Definition of council noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
council, Council definition: 1. a group of people who are elected to control a town, city, or area: 2. a group of people who…. Learn more.
A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city. The city council has voted almost unanimously in favor. Synonyms: committee, governing body, board, panel More Synonyms of council. 2. collective countable noun. Council is used in the names of some organizations. ...the National Council for Civil Liberties.
