standing committee

noun

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.

Similar
permanent committee
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Meanings

nounstanding committee (plural standing committees)

plural standing committees

  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.

    Synonyms: permanent committee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

Similar
permanent committee

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 常務委員會 /常务委员会, 常設委員會 /常设委员会
  • 常務委員會 /常务委员会 (chángwù wěiyuánhuì)parliamentary or congressional committee
  • 常設委員會 /常设委员会 (chángshè wěiyuánhuì)parliamentary or congressional committee
  • 常委會 /常委会 (chángwěihuì)parliamentary or congressional committee
  • 常委 (chángwěi)parliamentary or congressional committee
Dutch vaste commissie
  • vaste commissieparliamentary or congressional committee
Esperanto konstanta komitato
  • konstanta komitatoparliamentary or congressional committee
Finnish valiokunta, pysyvä komitea
  • valiokuntaparliamentary or congressional committee
  • pysyvä komiteaparliamentary or congressional committee
French commission parlementaire
  • commission parlementaireparliamentary or congressional committee
German ständiger Ausschuss
  • ständiger Ausschussparliamentary or congressional committee
Hungarian állandó bizottság
  • állandó bizottságparliamentary or congressional committee
Icelandic fastanefnd
  • fastanefndparliamentary or congressional committee
Irish buanchoiste
  • buanchoisteparliamentary or congressional committee
Spanish comité permanente
  • comité permanenteparliamentary or congressional committee
Welsh pwyllgor sefydlog
  • pwyllgor sefydlogparliamentary or congressional committee
Cite this entry
APA

standing committee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standing%20committee

MLA

“standing committee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standing%20committee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “standing committee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standing%20committee.

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