council

«council» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of people chosen to make decisions or give… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a council, councils)

meaning for a pupil

1) A council is a group of people chosen to make decisions or give advice, for example to run a town or city. tree →

2) A school council is a group of pupils who share ideas and help make decisions for the school. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and citizenship lessons, the local council looks after things like bins, parks, libraries and roads. Pupils vote for the school council. Phrases: town council, city council, school council, council meeting.

examples

• Our class voted for two pupils to be on the school council. tree →
• The council collects the rubbish every week. tree →
• The town council built a new playground. tree →
• The school council asked for more bike racks. tree →
• Write to the council if the streetlight is broken. tree →
• The council meets once a month. tree →
• Then Mowgli went to the Council, still laughing. tree →

note

Countable noun. Homophone: counsel (advice, or to give advice). A member is a councillor (UK) or councilor (US). In British English, council can take a singular or plural verb: The council is or are deciding.

In the corpora

• There is rent or a mortgage, energy for heating and hot water, council tax, broadband and insurance.
• Tenants who cannot get a repair done may complain more than once or ask the council for help.
• The council is the local government.
• The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.
• People must ask the council for planning permission before building something big, and neighbours can object.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «council» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.