council

[zone: 1, ipm: 162.7]

Definitions

  • a group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or country

Examples

  1. Real authority was held by the Portuguese council of ministers, which was controlled by the prime minister.
  2. He is assisted in ruling the country by a council of ministers and a national legislature.
  3. This Council also elects the lower cabinet, the Council of Ministers, as well of the judges of Supreme Court.
  4. The Sovereign Emperor exercises legislative power in conjunction with the State Council and State Duma.
  5. Council of elders was employed in direct British colonies.

Collocations

  • privy [score: 11.23, freq: 154] (the privy council)
  • legislative [score: 10.87, freq: 177] (the legislative council)
  • executive [score: 9.91, freq: 76] (the executive council)
  • summon [score: 9.58, freq: 49] (summon a council)
  • provincial [score: 9.05, freq: 46] (the provincial councils)
  • hold [score: 9.02, freq: 117] (held a council)
  • advisory [score: 8.98, freq: 29] (an advisory council)
  • assemble [score: 8.94, freq: 37] (assembled a council)
  • municipal [score: 8.6, freq: 28] (municipal councils)
  • assist [score: 8.54, freq: 15] (assisted by a council)
  • compose [score: 8.41, freq: 26] (council composed of)
  • Regency [score: 8.32, freq: 18] (the Regency Council)
  • majesty [score: 8.26, freq: 12] (his majesty's councils)
  • federal [score: 8.25, freq: 26] (the federal council of deputies)
  • elect [score: 8.05, freq: 24] (elected council)
  • supreme [score: 7.76, freq: 21] (the supreme council)
  • town [score: 7.68, freq: 14] (the town council)
  • meeting [score: 7.59, freq: 7] (council meeting)
  • king [score: 7.48, freq: 15] (the king's council)
  • consist [score: 7.45, freq: 10] (council consisting of)
  • consult [score: 7.42, freq: 10] (consult his advisory council)
  • national [score: 7.34, freq: 39] (national council)
  • local [score: 7.26, freq: 22] (local councils)
  • form [score: 7.09, freq: 33] (form a council)
  • direct [score: 6.87, freq: 5] (directs by a council)
  • dissolve [score: 6.78, freq: 6] (dissolve the council)
  • issue [score: 6.69, freq: 5] (issued by council for)
  • govern [score: 6.55, freq: 5] (governed by council)
  • member [score: 6.27, freq: 8] (council member)

Thesaurus

  • assembly [score: 0.348, freq: 4383]
  • parliament [score: 0.291, freq: 6645]
  • committee [score: 0.252, freq: 3080]
  • court [score: 0.25, freq: 9879]
  • minister [score: 0.237, freq: 8236]
  • governor [score: 0.225, freq: 4323]
  • magistrate [score: 0.224, freq: 1890]
  • body [score: 0.223, freq: 8955]
  • senate [score: 0.223, freq: 2022]
  • house [score: 0.214, freq: 15016]
  • commissioner [score: 0.21, freq: 1887]
  • legislature [score: 0.21, freq: 1511]
  • convention [score: 0.209, freq: 2453]
  • authority [score: 0.208, freq: 11249]
  • officer [score: 0.207, freq: 8934]
  • government [score: 0.2, freq: 28006]
  • cabinet [score: 0.199, freq: 1770]
  • member [score: 0.196, freq: 9196]
  • chief [score: 0.194, freq: 3253]
  • administration [score: 0.193, freq: 4553]

Translations

Russian совет (0.966)
Czech rada (0.985)