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Meaning of 'commit'
Meaning of 'commit' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Commit 
[ v. i.]
- To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [ v. i.]2. Commit [ v. t.]
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to
intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- 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
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
Example in sentence:
- perpetrate a crime;
- pull a bank robbery
Meaning (3):
- engage in or perform
- engage in or perform
Example in sentence:
- commit a random act of kindness;
- practice safe sex
Meaning (4):
- make an investment
- make an investment
Example in sentence:
- Put money into bonds
Meaning (5):
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- 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
- 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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