committee was formed vs committee was established

Both phrases are correct and can be used interchangeably in most contexts. They both convey the idea that a committee was created. The choice between 'formed' and 'established' may depend on personal preference or the specific tone or formality desired in the sentence.

Last updated: April 01, 2024

committee was formed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a committee was created or brought into existence.

Examples:

The committee was formed to address the issue.
A new committee was formed to plan the event.

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An event organizing committee was formed, with its membership comprised of the clans' respected elders.
A "vigezzino" committee was formed to promote the railway company Locarno-Domodossola and on 28 December 1898 it was awarded the federal concession.
When the Typhus fever died away at Lowood, a new management committee was formed as a result of public indignation at the abuses which had caused the epidemic and condemned its many victims.
A few days after the murder of Matteotti, a committee was formed in Paris inspired by anarchists and that will create as a result another paper entitled "Campane a stormo - Bells flock", the drafting of which will be entrusted to his companion Alberto Meschi.
The Committee was formed in 1991 to monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most complete statement of children's rights ever made and the first to give these rights the force of international law.
Under the direction of the Abbot Primate, and in close collaboration with the National Directive Council, a Steering Committee was formed, coordinated by Father Luigi Bertocchi, O.S.B., of Saint John's Abbey (Minnesota, U.S.A.) and composed of the following members:
We did not know each other before the committee was formed, and yet within a few days we were cooperating as if we had been working together for years.
An executive committee was formed with two fathers and three sisters, of course it will be a challenging mission as most of the priests and religious are non-Nepalese and to get the needed permission is very difficult.
A youth committee was also formed within the Gharb Parish Centre to hold activities etc., for the locality youths.
The Joint Committee that was formed in 1995 as the result of an agreement between the Order of Malta and the Cuban government met in Rome on May 2-3.
For this reason, in September of 2007 a New Committee for Belladanza was formed.
It's a secret committee formed in the '40s to investigate UFOs.
Only 5 of these companies deserved a mention by the scientific committee formed by representatives of the UNITED NATIONS, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION and OCSE.
Purchaser: In the fifties, it has been created a town committee formed by the citizens of the parish of San Donnino.
Kane is a scoundrel... his paper should be closed, a committee formed to boycott him.
This Code was prepared by a Joint Committee formed by members of the Lima Stock Exchange and by professionals dedicated to the exploration and evaluation of mineral resources.
Have you heard of the Terror before? The time in France when Robespierre was a leader of the welfare committee formed by the National Assembly's powers.
Did you know that within 3 hours, a committee formed to get you out?
The Outbound Tourism Committee formed a committee to address the notable drop in tourism prices since the January 25 Revolution.
The organisation of this event is in the hands of an international committee formed by members represent the different European regions. An executive committee answers to the international committee.

Alternatives:

committee was established
committee was created
committee was organized
committee was set up
committee was put together

committee was established