[
UK
/kəmˈɪt/
]
[ US /kəˈmɪt/ ]
[ US /kəˈmɪt/ ]
VERB
-
make an investment
Put money into bonds -
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
After the second episode, she had to be committed
he was committed to prison -
engage in or perform
practice safe sex
commit a random act of kindness -
confer a trust upon
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God -
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate a crime
pull a bank robbery -
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
consecrate your life to the church
She committed herself to the work of God
give one's talents to a good cause
How To Use commit In A Sentence
- The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
- According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
- The committee will publish their report on the health service in a few weeks.
- The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids
- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify in front of the House Budget Committee.
- In the event, only a few of these reports were completed and circularized to the committee.
- But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act. The Sun
- You estimate, I will offer your estimated value to the auction committee.
- All interested parties are asked to attend with a view to setting up a committee to organize and plan the same.
- You would commit the most foul of murders out of loyalty to me.
