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Commit (Verb)

Meaning 1

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Give
  • Dedicate
  • Consecrate
  • Devote

Hypernyms

  • Use
  • Employ
  • Utilise
  • Utilize

Hyponyms

  • Rededicate
  • Consecrate
  • Apply
  • Vow

Related Words

  • Commitment (noun)

Meaning 2

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Perpetrate
  • Pull

Hypernyms

  • Act

Hyponyms

  • Recommit
  • Make

Related Words

  • Commission (noun)
  • Committal (noun)

Meaning 3

Confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

  • I commit my fate to the hands of destiny.
  • The king entrusted the priest to commit the sacred relics to the temple.
  • We commit our beloved mother's spirit to the afterlife.
  • I commit my life's purpose to the cause of saving the environment.
  • The family commits the care of their ancestral home to the trusted caretaker.

Synonyms

  • Entrust
  • Confide
  • Trust
  • Intrust

Hypernyms

  • Pass On
  • Pass
  • Give
  • Hand
  • Reach

Hyponyms

  • Recommit
  • Commend
  • Consign
  • Charge
  • Obligate

Related Words

  • Committee (noun)

Meaning 4

Make an investment; "Put money into bonds".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Put
  • Invest
  • Place

Hypernyms

  • Expend
  • Spend

Hyponyms

  • Fund
  • Shelter
  • Buy Into
  • Roll Over
  • Speculate
  • Tie Up
  • Job

Related Words

  • Commitment (noun)

Meaning 5

Engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Practice

Hypernyms

  • Pursue
  • Engage

Meaning 6

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Institutionalize
  • Charge
  • Institutionalise
  • Send

Hyponyms

  • Hospitalise

Related Words

  • Commitment (noun)
  • Committal (noun)
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