council
US: /ˈkaʊnsəɫ/
UK: /kˈaʊnsəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
council /'kaunsl/- danh từ
- hội đồng
- city council: hội đồng thành phố
- the council of minister: hội đồng bộ trưởng
- hội đồng
Advanced English dictionary
[pl. v.]1 a group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or county: a city / county / borough / district council + She's on the local council. + a council member / meeting
2 (BrE) the organization that provides services in a city or county, for example education, houses, libraries, etc: council workers / services
3 a group of people chosen to give advice, make rules, do research, provide money, etc: the Medical Research Council + In Britain, the Arts Council gives grants to theatres.
4 (formal) (especially in the past) a formal meeting to discuss what action to take in a particular situation: The King held a council at Nottingham from 14 to 19 October 1330.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 assembly, meeting, conclave, conference, synod, consistory, convention, congress, congregation, gathering, convocation, US caucus:
The council voted to ban nuclear arms.
2 board, ministry, directors, cabinet, panel, committee, body, directorate, directory, caucus:
She was elected to the council last year.
Collocation
1 local government
ADJ.
local | metropolitan, rural, urban | borough, city, community, county, district, municipal, parish, provincial, regional, town | elected
VERB + COUNCIL
elect | control
Many county councils are now controlled by the Conservatives.
| apply to
Students should apply to their local council for a grant.
COUNCIL + NOUN
elections | member | meeting | chamber | tax
PREP.
on a/the ~
She's on the borough council.
PHRASES
a seat on a council
Our party won the majority of seats on the city councils.
2 group chosen to give advice, money, etc.
ADJ.
advisory, funding, research | arts, sports
VERB + COUNCIL
create, establish, form, found, set up, start | apply to
As a struggling young composer she applied to the Scottish Arts Council for a grant.
COUNCIL + VERB
award sb sth, give sb sth
In Britain, the Arts Council gives grants to theatres.
COUNCIL + NOUN
member
PREP.
~ for
setting up a new council for the arts
More information about ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION:
create, establish, form, found, set up, start ~
an association created to promote local industry The company was founded in 1981.
dissolve ~
(often law)She sought a court order to have the partnership dissolved.
run ~
He runs an accountancy firm.
manage ~
The executive committee manages the group on a day-to-day basis.
be/become a member of, join ~
She became a member of the Society of Arts.
leave ~
The country plans to leave the organization.
Concise dictionary
councils'kaʊnslnoun
+a body serving in an administrative capacity
+(Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
+a meeting of people for consultation
