Meaning & use
steerco
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Meanings
nouncountableinformalbusiness
An informal short word for a steering committee, or a meeting of such a group that guides a project.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a steerco', 'two steercos', or 'the steerco meets on Fridays'.
Patterns
- hold a steerco
- attend a steerco
- the steerco meets
- a steerco on something
We're holding a steerco on Thursday to review the launch timeline.
She added the steerco to her calendar and invited the project leads.
The steerco approved the extra budget for testing.
nounsingularinformalbusiness
The group of senior people who steer a project and make its big decisions.
Grammar: Usually singular and treated as one body: 'The steerco has signed off the plan.'
Patterns
- the steerco has approved something
- take something to the steerco
- the steerco includes someone
Take the pricing question to the steerco before you promise anything.
The steerco includes managers from sales, finance, and IT.
Our steerco meets once a month and only handles major risks.
Word forms
| plural | steercos |
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Common combinations
- hold a steerco
- They hold a steerco every second Tuesday.
- a steerco meeting
- The steerco meeting ran for ninety minutes.
- take something to the steerco
- Let's take the delay to the steerco.
- the steerco approves something
- Nothing gets built until the steerco approves it.
- attend a steerco
- All workstream leads must attend the steerco.
Synonyms and how they differ
- steering committee
- The full, formal term; use it in reports and official documents, where 'steerco' would look too casual.
- board
- A board governs a whole company or organization, while a steerco only guides a particular project or program.
- review meeting
- A review meeting checks progress on one occasion, whereas a steerco is a standing group with ongoing authority.
Word family
- steering committee noun
- The full form that 'steerco' is shortened from.
Commonly confused: steerco or steer clear?
steerco vs steer clear
'Steer clear' means to avoid something; it has nothing to do with a steerco, though both start with 'steer'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'steerco' most naturally?
Choose one answer.
'Steerco' is a noun for a committee or its meeting, so it fits as the subject that 'approved the revised schedule'. The others wrongly use it as a verb, confuse it with driving, or with food.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “steerco”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.