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commit

com·mit

UK/kəˈmɪt/ US/kʌˈmɪt/ common informal us

verb

1.

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

  • “perpetrate a crime”
  • “pull a bank robbery”
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2.

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

  • “She committed herself to the work of God”
  • “give one”
  • “;”
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3.

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

  • “After the second episode, she had to be committed”
  • “he was committed to prison”
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4.

confer a trust upon

  • “The messenger was entrusted with the general”
  • “;”
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5.

make an investment

  • “Put money into bonds”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.

Phrases

  • commit a bill
  • commit adultery
  • commit charge
  • commit point
  • commit sudoku
  • commit suicide
  • commit to memory
  • commit to the bit
  • committing magistrate
  • hypocrite commit
  • two-phase commit

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