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commit
[ kuh-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to do; perform; perpetrate:
to commit murder; to commit an error.
Synonyms: ,
- to pledge (oneself ) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.):
Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.
- to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge:
to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
- to consign for preservation:
to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
to commit one's soul to God;
Every summer we were committed to babysitters and camp counselors.
- to consign to custody:
to commit a delinquent to a juvenile detention center.
- to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority:
He was committed by court order on the recommendation of two psychiatrists.
- to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate:
to commit a manuscript to the flames.
- to send into a battle:
The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
- Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
verb (used without object)
- to bind or obligate oneself, as by pledge or assurance; devote or engage oneself to a person or thing: If he hasn’t committed after eight years, he’s never going to marry you.
She is an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
If he hasn’t committed after eight years, he’s never going to marry you.
commit
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust
to commit a child to the care of its aunt
- commit to memoryto learn by heart; memorize
- to confine officially or take into custody
to commit someone to prison
- usually passive to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude
a committed radical
- to order (forces) into action
- to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate
- to surrender, esp for destruction
she committed the letter to the fire
- to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature
Derived Forms
- dzˈٳٱ, noun
- dzˈٳٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- dz··ٲ· adjective
- dz··ٱ noun
- ԴDz·dz··ٱ adjective
- ·dz· verb (used with object) precommitted precommitting
- ܲ·dz· verb uncommitted uncommitting
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of commit1
Idioms and Phrases
- com·mit su·i·cide, to intentionally end one’s own life.
Example Sentences
Waugh, and Brazendale, who was charged in prison with new firearms offences committed with Waugh, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court last week.
"Border Force remains fully committed to securing our borders and keeping our streets safe."
The RSF says it attacked the camp but denies committing any atrocities.
Louis Ahearne told jurors he believed he was there to commit a burglary or robbery of a drug dealer's house.
The Stanford commit has qualified for the U.S.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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