commit
/kəˈmɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Transitive verb
verb
To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
Transitive verb
verb
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
Example Sentences
- "Commit these numbers to memory."
- "Bid him farwell, commit him to the Graue,"
- "Commit thy way vnto the Lord: trust also in him, and he shall bring it to passe."
- "If we take in hand any Volume; of Divinity or School Metaphyſics, for Inſtance; let us aſk, Does it contain any abſtract Reaſonings concerning Quantity or Number? No. Does it contain any experimental Reaſonings concerning Matters of Fact or Exiſtence? No. Commit it then to the Flames: For it can contain nothing but Sophiſtry and Illuſion."
- "That, as one of my more sceptical industry insiders put it, is because there is a reluctance to commit funds to any of these plans - and we can put the blame firmly on the fact that HS2 is eating up £7bn per year for the whole term of this parliament."
- "and ſome of the Conſpirators committed to the Caſtle of Dublin by us"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: committen, committō
Usage
Inflected Forms
commits (present, singular)
committing (participle, present)
committed (participle, past)
committed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
committed (first person, past)
committest (archaic, present)
committed (past, second person)
committedst (archaic, past)
committeth (archaic, present)
committed (past, singular)
Derived Forms
Phrases
commit a bill
commit adultery
commit charge
commit die
commit sudoku
commit suicide
committing magistrate
commit to memory