Advertisement

Advertisement

subcommission

/ ˈsʌbkəˌmɪʃən /

noun

  1. a committee of people answering to a larger commission

    the doping subcommission reported to the medical commission

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

But the proposal was voted down earlier this month by the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.

From BBC

Even if the subcommission’s vote is upheld and the Anthropocene proposal is rebuffed, the new epoch could still be added to the timeline at some later point.

They note that the online tally, in which 12 out of 18 subcommission members voted against the proposal, was leaked to the press without approval of the panel’s chair.

Opponents also felt AWG made too many announcements to the press over the years while being slow to submit a proposal to the subcommission.

The subcommission put the mill in the hands of a Moscow property developer for significantly less than the original price.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


subcolumnarsubcommittee