Synonym: assembly, committee, conference, delegation, group. Similar words: pencil, conciliatory, renunciation, bounce, announce, county, country, counter. Meaning: ['kaʊnsl] n. 1. a body serving in an administrative capacity 2. (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine 3. a meeting of people for consultation.
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(121) She was nominated to the legislative council.
(122) The Press Council refused to uphold the complaint.
(123) The council have granted him permission to build on the site.
(124) Parents are holding a council of war to decide what to do about the threatened closure of the school.
(125) I've written to my MP, and to the city council.
(126) He has a huge amount of influence over the city council.
(127) A gang of council workmen has been digging a hole in the road.
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(128) The council refused planning permission for the erection of a block of flats.
(129) The Act specifically prohibits any council from spending money for political purposes.
(130) The council has announced its intention to crack down on parking offences.
(131) The council spends a lot of money keeping the town spick and span.
(132) He had to exercise the franchise on behalf of other council members.
(133) We've asked the Council to come and cart away all this rubbish.
(134) The council brought pressure to bear on the landlord to improve his property.
(135) She went to the city council and lodged a complaint.
(136) The city council is encouraging jobsharing to make it easier for parents of young children to work.
(137) The local council called for a feasibility study into the new road scheme.
(138) Instead of doing something about the problem, the council is hiding behind a smokescreen of bureaucracy.
(139) The election for the leadership of the council will take place on Tuesday.
(140) The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
(141) Some members have expressed a wish to open council meetings to the public.
(142) The local council is responsible for the upkeep of roads.
(143) The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote.
(144) A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.
(145) In their infinite wisdom, the council closed the swimming pool for the school holidays.
(146) She was brought up in a council estate in Liverpool.
(147) Members of the council agreed that it still had an important role as a forum for discussion.
(148) He didn't use his position on the council to lord it over people.
(149) The theatre's annual grant from the Arts Council has been cut.
(150) The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.
More similar words: pencil, conciliatory, renunciation, bounce, announce, county, country, counter, count on, account, count out, discount, counselor, account for, announcement, counseling, accounting, counterpart, on account of, accountability, take into account, developing countries, round and round, facility, facilities, facilitate, incident, ancient, principal, principle.