commit
Use Commit in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to give in trust or charge; consign.
2.
to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
3.
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.
4.
to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
5.
to entrust, especially for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.
6.
to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
7.
to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
8.
to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
9.
to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
10.
to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
11.
Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
verb (used without object)
12.
to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
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Commit
is always a great word to know.
So is consign. Does it mean:
| to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: |
| act of giving |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
Related forms
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.
self-com·mit·ting, adjective
un·com·mit, verb, un·com·mit·ted, un·com·mit·ting.
un·com·mit·ting, adjective
well-com·mit·ted, adjective
Synonyms
6. carry out, effect, execute.
6. carry out, effect, execute.
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commit (kəˈmɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -mits, -mitting, -mitted | |
| 1. | to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust: to commit a child to the care of its aunt |
| 2. | commit to memory to learn by heart; memorize |
| 3. | to confine officially or take into custody: to commit someone to prison |
| 4. | (usually passive) to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude: a committed radical |
| 5. | to order (forces) into action |
| 6. | to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate |
| 7. | to surrender, esp for destruction: she committed the letter to the fire |
| 8. | to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature |
| [C14: from Latin committere to join, from com- together + mittere to put, send] | |
| com'mittable | |
| —adj | |
| com'mitter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
commit
late 14c., from L. committere "to bring together," from com- "together" + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). Evolution into modern range of meanings is not entirely clear. Sense of "perpetrating" was ancient in Latin. The intransitive use (in place of commit oneself)
first recorded 1982, probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "to emotionally and morally engage."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
commit com·mit (kə-mĭt')
v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits
To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.
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Example sentences
We have to commit as a community to help one another, to take our lives seriously, above all.
Children were made to commit acts that adults could not commit.
Under applicable law, since amended, the standard for release is the likelihood that the inmate will commit a crime in the future.
While this is not a motion to commit, yet it is used for practically the same purpose as the committee of the whole.
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