Usually means: Entire legislative body acting together.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word committee of the whole:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. committee of the whole: Merriam-Webster
  2. committee of the whole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. committee of the whole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Committee of the Whole: Collins English Dictionary
  5. committee of the whole, committee of the whole [house]: Wordnik
  6. committee of the whole: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. committee of the whole: Dictionary.com
  8. Committee of the Whole, Committee of the whole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. committee of the whole: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Committee of the whole [house], committee of the whole: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. committee of the whole: Wiktionary

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. committee of the whole: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Committee Of The Whole: GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS

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Definitions from Wiktionary (committee of the whole)

▸ noun:  (politics) A meeting of a deliberative assembly according to modified procedural rules based on those of a committee.

Similar:
committee, committy, joint committee, standing committee, steering committee, committeewoman, assembly, standing order, board of control, town hall, more...

Opposite:
individual voting, separate voting, divided voting

Types:
finance committee, education committee, health committee, energy committee, more...

Phrases:
committee of the whole house, more...

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Similar:
committee, committy, joint committee, standing committee, steering committee, committeewoman, assembly, standing order, board of control, town hall, more...

Opposite:
individual voting, separate voting, divided voting

Types:
finance committee, education committee, health committee, energy committee, more...

Phrases:
committee of the whole house, more...



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