to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
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.
to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
to give in trust or charge, especially for safekeeping; consign; commend: to commit one's soul to God;Every summer we were committed to babysitters and camp counselors.
to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a juvenile detention center.
to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed by court order on the recommendation of two psychiatrists.
to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
verb (used without object),com·mit·ted,com·mit·ting.
to bind or obligate oneself, as by pledge or assurance; devote or engage oneself to a person or thing: She is an athlete who commits to the highest standards.If he hasn’t committed after eight years, he’s never going to marry you.
Idioms for commit
com·mit su·i·cide, to intentionally end one’s own life.See Usage note at suicide.
Origin of commit
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English committen, from Anglo-French committer or directly from Latin committere, equivalent to com- “with, together, completely” + mittere “to send, give over”; see origin at com-
SYNONYMS FOR commit
1 carry out, effect, execute.
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OTHER WORDS FROM commit
com·mit·ta·ble,adjectivecom·mit·ter,nounnon·com·mit·ted,adjectivepre·com·mit,verb (used with object),pre·com·mit·ted,pre·com·mit·ting.