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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 51Թ Forms
- dz··ٲ· adjective
- dz··ٱ noun
- ԴDz·dz··ٱ adjective
- ·dz· verb (used with object) precommitted precommitting
- ܲ·dz· verb uncommitted uncommitting
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commit1
Idioms and Phrases
- com·mit su·i·cide, to intentionally end one’s own life.
Example Sentences
With the absence of a dominant pitcher, the hitters have a chance to lead their team to a championship, and few have been better than Orange Lutheran’s Kai Minor, an Oklahoma commit.
During this time, couples were "taken through a spiritual process of ensuring they know what they are committing to", Mr Makwana said.
While the woman matched the description of a female suspect Kirk had received from a dispatcher, she was not armed or committing a crime at the time he first confronted her, court records show.
West Yorkshire Police was "absolutely committed to making sure that people feel safe to go about their daily lives in the area", he added.
I just decided to commit and do an interpretation of Durga.
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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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