Meaning of "council" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COUNCIL

From Old French concile, from Latin concilium assembly, from com- together + calāre to call; influenced also by Latin consilium advice, counsel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COUNCIL

council  [ˈkaʊnsəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNCIL

Council is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNCIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Council

A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county level, but most legislative bodies at the state or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman.

Definition of council in the English dictionary

The first definition of council in the dictionary is an assembly of people meeting for discussion, consultation, etc. Other definition of council is a body of people elected or appointed to serve in an administrative, legislative, or advisory capacity. Council is also a meeting or the deliberation of a council.

SYNONYMS OF «COUNCIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «council» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of council

assembly · board · cabinet · chamber · committee · conclave · conference · congress · convention · convocation · diet · governing body · house · jamaat · ministry · panel · parliament · quango · runanga · synod

TRANSLATION OF COUNCIL

Find out the translation of council to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of council from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «council» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 政务会
• Translator English - Spanish: ayuntamiento
• English: council
• Translator English - Hindi: परिषद
• Translator English - Arabic: مَجْلِس
• Translator English - Russian: совет
• Translator English - Portuguese: conselho
• Translator English - Bengali: পরিষদ
• Translator English - French: conseil
• Translator English - Malay: Majlis
• Translator English - German: Sitzung
• Translator English - Japanese: 審議会
• Translator English - Korean: 회의
• Translator English - Javanese: Dewan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hội đồng
• Translator English - Tamil: சபை
• Translator English - Marathi: परिषद
• Translator English - Turkish: konsey
• Translator English - Italian: consiglio
• Translator English - Polish: rada
• Translator English - Ukrainian: рада
• Translator English - Romanian: consiliu
• Translator English - Greek: συμβούλιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Raad
• Translator English - Swedish: kommunfullmäktige
• Translator English - Norwegian: råd

10 QUOTES WITH «COUNCIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word council.

1

Jane Alexander

Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.

2

Monica Ali

People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing.

3

William Henry Ashley

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations.

4

Richard Attenborough

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

5

Ronnie Barker

Next week we'll be investigating rumours that the president of the dairy council has become a Mason, and goes around giving his colleagues the 'secret milkshake.'

6

Bob Beauprez

In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings.

7

Jello Biafra

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.

8

Barbara Billingsley

I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she was a council woman. She went to work. She wasn't a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job.

9

Fidel Castro

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

10

Steve Chabot

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNCIL»

Discover the use of council in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to council and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century

The book sheds much-needed light on the central events and trends of the past decade and their critical importance for the future role of the council and the UN in the sphere of international security.

David Malone, 2004

Council of Europe

The monograph proceeds logically from the organization's genesis and historicaldevelopment to the structure of its membership, its various organs and their mandates, its role in intergovernmental cooperation, and its interaction with ...

Tanja Kleinsorge, 2010

The Last Council

After chasing the monster that kidnapped their mother, Emily and Navin find themselves in a magical world of man-eating demons and shadowy enemies, where they must learn to control an amulet given to them by their grandfather.

‎2011

UN Security Council: Practice and Promise

This book is suitable for a wide audience interested in key institutions of international public policy. It looks at the predecessors to the UN Security Council and the current issues and future challenges it faces.

Edward C. Luck, 2006

The Security Council and the Use of Force: Theory and ...

This book addresses the authority of the UN Security Council to regulate the use of force.

Niels M. Blokker, Nico Schrijver, 2005

UN Security Council Reform and the Right of Veto: A ...

Analyse af FN's sikkerhedsråd og en reform af dette.

Bardo Fassbender, 1998

The Chapter VII Powers of the United Nations Security Council

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the questions pertaining to the powers of the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Erika De Wet, 2004

The Authority of the Security Council Under Chapter VII of ...

This volume discusses the legal limits to the authority of the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.

David Schweigman, 2001

The New World Order and the Security Council: Testing the ...

act.

Mohammed Bedjaoui, 1994

Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the ...

What emerges here is a revealing portrait of the most powerful diplomatic body in the world.

David L. Bosco, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNCIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term council is used in the context of the following news items.

Greensboro Council to discuss challenging HB 263

GREENSBORO — The City Council will consider a legal challenge to a recent controversial redistricting at a special meeting tonight. «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»

Council's legal challenge to Government planning decision on 150 …

A council has failed in its legal challenge to a Government decision to approve a 150 home development. Oadby and Wigston Borough Council ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»

Anaheim City Council votes 3-2 to extend gate-tax ban for …

Anaheim City Council chambers were filled to capacity Tuesday night when the council would vote on a resolution continuing a ban on a gate ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»

More than 13000 emails swiped in Edinburgh council cyber assault

In an email to people who have an online account with the council, the local authority said the attacker had penetrated the security of one of its ... «The Register, Jul 15»

City Council unanimously approves removal of Nathan Bedford …

The Memphis City Council approved a resolution to move the remains ... to remove that," said Memphis City Council Chairman Myron Lowery. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»

Ballot issue seeking changes to Columbus council might not appear …

Columbus has grown over the past 100 years, but the Columbus City Council has not, remaining at seven members elected at large since 1916 ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Council wastes £8000 prosecuting man who dropped orange peel

Over-zealous council officials have spent up to £8,000 of taxpayer's money prosecuting a man who dropped a small piece of orange peel, then ... «Metro, Jul 15»

12 foreign NGOs included in Russian Federation Council's 'patriotic …

The Russian Federation Council has demanded that the Prosecutor General's Office, the Foreign Ministry and the Justice Ministry scrutinize the ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»

Woman who painted Kensington house with stripes tries to sue council

A multi-millionaire property developer who painted her Kensington townhouse with red and white stripes is now trying to sue the council for ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Council hits brakes on shake-up

After people filling Council Chambers and two other rooms waited more than two hours while Amarillo City Council members held a closed ... «Amarillo.com, Jul 15»