commit
to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
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 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.
to bind or obligate oneself, as by pledge or assurance; devote or engage oneself to a person or thing: 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.
Idioms about commit
com·mit su·i·cide, to intentionally end one’s own life.: See Usage note at suicide.
Origin of commit
1Other words for commit
1 | carry out, effect, execute |
Other words from commit
- com·mit·ta·ble, adjective
- com·mit·ter, noun
- non·com·mit·ted, adjective
- pre·com·mit, verb (used with object), pre·com·mit·ted, pre·com·mit·ting.
- un·com·mit, verb, un·com·mit·ted, un·com·mit·ting.
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How to use commit in a sentence
Finally and bizarrely, some of the most committable readers accuse me of being a neo-conservative or a neo-liberal or both.
Les Gelb Puts Russia in Its Place—and Critics in Theirs | Leslie H. Gelb | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey have justified—but in German eyes only—every committable crime, and they cost nothing—except the souls of their perpetrators.
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British Dictionary definitions for commit
/ (kəˈmɪt) /
to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust: to commit a child to the care of its aunt
commit to memory to 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
Origin of commit
1Derived forms of commit
- committable, adjective
- committer, noun
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