recommit
Americanverb
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to send (a bill) back to a committee for further consideration
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to commit again
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recommit
Explanation
To recommit is to make a promise again, like when you recommit yourself to serving your Girl Scout troop by selling loads of cookies. It can also mean to carry out a crime for a subsequent time (something a Girl Scout would never do). When you recommit to cleaning your guinea pig's cage daily, you swear that you'll get back on a regular cleaning schedule. When you and your friends paint graffiti on your neighbor's garage two days in a row, you recommit the crime of vandalism. The prefix re- tells you that this verb is describing repeated or recurring action.
Example Sentences
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It’s been hard to tell what kind of comeback Williams is pursuing—if this is a quick resurfacing to play with Venus, or if she intends to fully recommit to the tour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Oil shocks and heightened geopolitical tensions have reignited a familiar debate about whether policymakers should formally raise their inflation targets or simply take a mulligan and recommit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Hsueh said that, until volatility declines or the Fed actually cuts rates, these investors will be reluctant to recommit funds to gold ETFs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
“We call on the studios to recommit to the communities and workers across the state that built this industry and built their companies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Remand, rē-mand, v.t. to recommit or send back.—n. state or act of being remanded or recommitted, as a prisoner.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
On Wednesday, Fed Chair Warsh recommitted to the central bank's two-percent target for inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Moreover, in the first meeting under Warsh, Gavekal observed that the Federal Open Market Committee recommitted to price stability and its inflation target of 2% per year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
To date, 69 countries have recommitted to reducing their emissions in what are known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Also in line with Labour’s manifesto, Starmer recommitted to building 1.5 million net additional dwellings in England over the course of the Parliament.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
For starters, I recommitted myself to being healthy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Friendship is particularly meaningful because it’s a relationship you’re constantly recommitting to — reupping.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
But most important for anyone recommitting capital will be whether Putin and his successors have learned the wrong lessons from their war in Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
“Not if they’re recommitting almost the exact violation,” Leffel said.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
The usual expedient of recommitting both reports brought no relief from the deadlock.
From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay
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