council
US /ˈkaʊnsəl/
Definition
a body serving in an administrative capacity
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The city council voted to approve the new park project.
Synonyms
- committeea special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle
- boarda committee having supervisory powers
Collocations
- Easy city councildescribing city council (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
- Medium council meeting on zoningdescribing council meeting on zoning (a body serving in an administrative capacity)
- Hard advisory council on economic affairsdescribing advisory council on economic affairs (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)
- Very Hard convene an extraordinary council sessionto convene an extraordinary council session, meaning to meet formally
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