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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#m1)

2) A school council is a group of pupils who share ideas and help make decisions for the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x1)
- The council collects the rubbish every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x2)
- The town council built a new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x3)
- The school council asked for more bike racks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x4)
- Write to the council if the streetlight is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x5)
- The council meets once a month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x6)
- Then Mowgli went to the Council, still laughing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/1/)
- [Tenants who cannot get a repair done may complain more than once or ask the council for help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/12/)
- [The council is the local government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/2/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [People must ask the council for planning permission before building something big, and neighbours can object.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «council» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/council/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.