council — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.) local government

ADJ

local | metropolitan, rural, urban | borough, city, community, county, district, municipal, parish, provincial, regional, town | elected

VERB + COUNCIL

elect

control

The local council is controlled by a group of elected representatives from the community.

apply to

You can apply to the council if you need help paying your rent.

COUNCIL + NOUN

elections | member | meeting | chamber | tax

PREP

on a/the ~

My father served on the local council for ten years before retiring.

PHRASES

a seat on a council

My sister was elected and now has a seat on the local council.

2

(noun.) group chosen to give advice, money, etc.

ADJ

advisory, funding, research | arts, sports

VERB + COUNCIL

create, establish, form, found, set up, start

apply to

The local environmental group applied to the city council for funding to clean up the park.

COUNCIL + VERB

award sb sth, give sb sth

The local council awarded the community group funding for their new youth centre.

COUNCIL + NOUN

member

PREP

~ for

The local council for housing has announced plans to build more affordable apartments.

Definitions

noun

1

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

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.

The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.

2

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

3

Discussion or deliberation.

Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;

O great in action and in council wise.

4

Short for church council

the First Council of Nicaea

name

1

A surname.

2

A male given name.

3

A small city, the county seat of Adams County, Idaho, United States.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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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 sw

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02

The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city counc

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03

Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;

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04

The environment was the focus of student council activities.

Tatoeba · #21014

05

The revolutionary council met to plan strategy.

Tatoeba · #21656

06

The council began at 9:00 and should be finished by 10:45.

Tatoeba · #22512

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, council is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.