council
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.08 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
noun
noun
name
A surname.
name
A male given name.
name
A small city, the county seat of Adams County, Idaho, United States.
Example Sentences
- "He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site."
- "The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes."
- "Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;"
- "O great in action and in council wise."
- "the First Council of Nicaea"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French conseil (“advice, deliberation, thought”), from Latin cōnsilium (“plan, intention, design, purpose”), from cōnsulō (“consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from, deliberate, reflect”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“take, grab”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb