Meaning of 'commit'

Meaning of 'commit' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Commit

[ v. i.]

- To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

2. Commit

[ v. t.]

- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
- To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
- To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
- To confound.

Meaning of 'commit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. commit

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Example in sentence:

After the second episode, she had to be committed;
he was committed to prison

Meaning (2):
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

Example in sentence:

perpetrate a crime;
pull a bank robbery

Meaning (3):
- engage in or perform

Example in sentence:

commit a random act of kindness;
practice safe sex

Meaning (4):
- make an investment

Example in sentence:

Put money into bonds

Meaning (5):
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

Example in sentence:

consecrate your life to the church;
give one's talents to a good cause;
She committed herself to the work of God

Meaning (6):
- confer a trust upon

Example in sentence:

I commit my soul to God;
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret

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Meaning of 'commit'

Meaning of 'commit' (Webster Dictionary)

Meaning of 'commit' (Princeton's WordNet)

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