noun
- a smaller committee formed from members of a larger commission to handle specific tasks or issues
Examples
- The environmental commission formed a subcommission to study water pollution.
- Three members were appointed to serve on the budget subcommission.
- The subcommission will report its findings to the full commission next month.
- Each subcommission focuses on a different aspect of the investigation.
- The planning subcommission met twice weekly to review proposals.
- She chairs the education subcommission within the city council.