|
|
1. (n.) council
an assembly of persons convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.
2. council
a body of persons appointed or elected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity:
the governor's council on housing.
3. council
an ecclesiastical assembly for deciding matters of doctrine or discipline.
Etymology: (1125–75; ME
|
| Definition of 'council' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) council
a body serving in an administrative capacity
"student council"
2. (noun) council
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
3. (noun) council
a meeting of people for consultation
"emergency council"
|
|
|
1. (noun) council
a group of people chosen to advise or make decisions
the Council for International Education
2. council
politicians elected to govern a city or town
She's running for city council.
|
| Definition of 'council' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) council
an assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case
2. (noun) council
a body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council
3. (noun) council
act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation
|
|
|
Sense: a group of people formed in order to advise etc
The King formed a council of wise men; the Council for Recreation.
|
 Afrikaans: raad |
 Arabic: مَجْلِـس (استِشاري) |
 Bulgarian: съвет |
 Brazilian: conselho |
 Czech: rada |
 German: der Rat |
 Danish: råd |
 Greek: συμβούλιο |
 Spanish: consejo |
 Estonian: nõukogu |
 Farsi: انجمن؛ شورا |
 Finnish: valtuusto |
 French: conseil |
 Hebrew: מוֹעֲצָה |
 Hindi: परिषद |
 Croatian: vijeće |
 Hungarian: tanács |
 Indonesian: dewan |
 Icelandic: ráð |
 Italian: consiglio |
 Japanese: 評議会 |
 Korean: 자문위원회 |
 Lithuanian: taryba |
 Latvian: padome; konsīlijs |
 Malay: majlis perbandaran |
 Dutch: raad |
 Norwegian: råd |
 Polish: rada |
 Persian: انجمن؛ شورا |
 Pashto: ټولنه، كونسل، جرګه، مركه، |
 Portuguese: conselho |
 Romanian: consiliu, sfat |
 Russian: совет |
 Slovak: rada |
 Slovenian: svet |
 Serbian: veće |
 Swedish: råd, rådsförsamling |
 Thai: สภา |
 Turkish: danışma kurulu |
 Taiwanese: 智囊團 |
 Ukrainian: нарада, консиліум |
 Urdu: مجلس، كونسل، مجلس شورى |
 Vietnamese: hội đồng |
 Chinese: 顾问团 |
Get even more translations for council...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'council' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of council 
