council

CEFRB1

/ˈkaʊn.səl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group chosen to make decisions or give advice.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Discussion or deliberation.

Examples

  • The council is responsible for waste disposal and street cleaning.

  • The environment was the focus of student council activities.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkuːn.səl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

  2. A local authority.

  3. Short for church council

More examples

In context

  • The revolutionary council met to plan strategy.

  • the First Council of Nicaea

  • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English counseil, from Old French conseil, from late Latin cōnsilium; with the spelling in -c- adopted after Latin concilium in Early Modern English, though some senses of counseil were influenced by Old French concile, a semi-learned borrowing from concilium. Doublet of concelho and counsel.