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What (who) is commit - definition
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Commit (disambiguation)
commit
(commits, committing, committed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
I have never committed any crime...
This is a man who has committed murder.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If someone commits suicide, they deliberately kill themselves.
There are unconfirmed reports he tried to commit suicide.
VERB: V n
3.
If you commit money or resources to something, you decide to use them for a particular purpose.
They called on Western nations to commit more money to the poorest nations...
He should not commit American troops without the full consent of Congress.
VERB: V n to/for n/-ing, V n
4.
If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it. If you commit yourself to someone, you decide that you want to have a long-term relationship with them.
I would advise people to think very carefully about committing themselves to working Sundays...
I'd like a friendship that might lead to something deeper, but I wouldn't want to commit myself too soon...
You don't have to commit to anything over the phone.
VERB: V pron-refl to -ing/n, V pron-refl, V to n, also V n to n
• committed
He said the government remained committed to peace.
...a committed socialist.
ADJ: oft ADJ to n/-ing
5.
If you do not want to commit yourself on something, you do not want to say what you really think about it or what you are going to do.
It isn't their diplomatic style to commit themselves on such a delicate issue...
She didn't want to commit herself one way or the other.
VERB: with brd-neg, V pron-refl on n, V pron-refl
6.
If someone is committed to a hospital, prison, or other institution, they are officially sent there for a period of time.
Arthur's drinking caused him to be committed to a psychiatric hospital.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n, also be V-ed
7.
In the British legal system, if someone is committed for trial, they are sent by magistrates to stand trial in a crown court.
He is expected to be committed for trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n
8.
If you commit something to paper or to writing, you record it by writing it down. If you commit something to memory, you learn it so that you will remember it.
She had not committed anything to paper about it...
I'll repeat that so you can commit it to memory.
VERB: V n to n, V n to n
commit
v.
1) (d; refl.) ('to devote') to commit to (to commit oneself to a cause)
2) (D; tr.) ('to assign') to commit to (to commit funds to a project)
3) (D; tr.) ('to confine') to commit to (to commit smb. to a mental hospital; committed to prison)
4) (d; tr.) ('to place') (to commit a child to a relative's care; to commit a poem to memory; to commit one's thoughts to paper)
5) (H; usu. refl.; no passive) ('to promise') he committed himself to support her parents
commit
v. a.
1.
Intrust, consign, confide, give in trust.
2.
Deposit, consign, resign, give over, put, place, lay.
3.
Perpetrate, enact, do, perform.
4.
Imprison, send to prison, put in custody, place in confinement.
5.
Engage, pledge, implicate.
6.
Compromise, endanger, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy.
7.
Place or put in charge of or hand over to a committee.
Examples of use of commit
1. The police chief said authorities were considering charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit arson.
2. Both men were charged with first–degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder, the paper reported.
3. Sturtz were arrested Thursday for suspicion of conspiracy to commit first–degree intentional homicide and conspiracy to commit arson.
4. Montano was also charged with conspiracy to commit first–degree burglary and conspiracy to commit theft over $500.
5. Jasper Frazier, 36, faces two counts of attempting to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, authorities said.