commit
/kə'mit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To carry out or perpetrate: To do something, especially something illegal, wrong, or harmful.
- To pledge or bind to a certain course or policy: To dedicate oneself or resources to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- To consign or entrust for safekeeping or treatment: To give over to another's care, charge, or custody.
- To place officially in confinement: To send or assign to an institution, such as a prison or hospital.
Usage Examples
- To perpetrate an act:
- He was afraid to commit a crime.
- The group committed an act of vandalism.
- To pledge or dedicate:
- She decided to commit herself fully to her studies.
- The company committed significant funds to the project.
- To entrust or consign:
- I commit this letter to your care.
- The artist committed his sketches to the museum's archive.
- To place in confinement:
- The judge had to commit the defendant to prison.
- After the crisis, they had to commit him to a psychiatric hospital.
Advanced Usage
- "Commit to memory": To memorize something.
- Students must commit these formulas to memory.
- "Commit to paper/writing": To write something down to make it official or permanent.
- He finally committed his ideas to paper.
- "Commit oneself": To make a firm decision or promise to do something.
- You must commit yourself if you want to succeed.
Variants and Related Words
- Commitment (n): The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.; an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action.
- She showed great commitment to her team.
- Committed (adj): Dedicated to a cause, activity, or relationship.
- He is a committed environmentalist.
- Commission (n/v): While related in the sense of entrusting a task, "commission" typically refers to authorizing or ordering the production of something or a group given official authority.
- The city commissioned a new statue.
- Committee (n): A group of people appointed for a specific function, stemming from the idea of being entrusted with a task.
- The planning committee will review the proposal.
Synonyms
- Perpetrate: Carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).
- Dedicate: Devote (time, effort, or oneself) to a particular task or purpose.
- Entrust: Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- Consign: Deliver (something) to a person's keeping.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Commit to: To make a firm decision or promise to do something or to support someone/something.
- They committed to finishing the work on time.
- Commit oneself to: To pledge or bind oneself to a person, cause, or course of action.
- He committed himself to a life of public service.
Related Idioms
- Commit to the deep: (Archaic) To bury a body at sea.
- Commit hara-kiri: (Figurative) To cause one's own ruin, especially in a political or professional context.
- By opposing the popular policy, the senator committed political hara-kiri.
Verb
- engage in or perform
- practice safe sex
- commit a random act of kindness
- make an investment
- Put money into bonds
- confer a trust upon
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- After the second episode, she had to be committed
- he was committed to prison
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery