Phrase guide

standing committee

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a permanent committee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: committee, commission

Narrower terms: Ways and Means Committee

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 常務委員會 /常务委员会 (chángwù wěiyuánhuì) — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常設委員會 /常设委员会 (chángshè wěiyuánhuì) — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常委會 /常委会 (chángwěihuì) — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常委 (chángwěi) — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Dutch: vaste commissie — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Esperanto: konstanta komitato — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Faroese: føst nevnd — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Faroese: millumtinganevnd — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Finnish: valiokunta — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Finnish: pysyvä komitea — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • French: commission parlementaire — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • German: ständiger Ausschuss — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Hungarian: állandó bizottság — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Icelandic: fastanefnd — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Irish: buanchoiste — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Spanish: comité permanente — parliamentary or congressional committee
  • Welsh: pwyllgor sefydlog — parliamentary or congressional committee