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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Commit \Com*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Committed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Committing.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect,
     commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission.]
     1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to
        intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Commit thy way unto the Lord.         --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                    5.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              These two were committed.             --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thou shalt not commit adultery.       --Ex. xx. 14.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with. [R.]
        --Dr. H. More.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You might have satisfied every duty of political
              friendship, without commiting the honor of your
              sovereign.                            --Junius.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might
              possibly be considered as committing the faith of
              the United States.                    --Marshall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To confound. [An obsolete Latinism.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Committing short and long [quantities]. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To commit a bill (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a
        committee or others, to be considered and reported.
  
     To commit to memory, or To commit, to learn by heart; to
        memorize.
  
     Syn: To Commit, Intrust, Consign.
  
     Usage: These words have in common the idea of transferring
            from one's self to the care and custody of another.
            Commit is the widest term, and may express only the
            general idea of delivering into the charge of another;
            as, to commit a lawsuit to the care of an attorney; or
            it may have the special sense of intrusting with or
            without limitations, as to a superior power, or to a
            careful servant, or of consigning, as to writing or
            paper, to the flames, or to prison. To intrust denotes
            the act of committing to the exercise of confidence or
            trust; as, to intrust a friend with the care of a
            child, or with a secret. To consign is a more formal
            act, and regards the thing transferred as placed
            chiefly or wholly out of one's immediate control; as,
            to consign a pupil to the charge of his instructor; to
            consign goods to an agent for sale; to consign a work
            to the press.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  committed \committed\ adj.
     1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
        cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up;
           dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn]
           [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
        called attached. Opposite of unattached.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed,
           engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married]
           [Also See: loving.]
  
     Syn: attached.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
        mental institution.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Commit \Com*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Committed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Committing.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect,
     commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission.]
     1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to
        intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
  
              Commit thy way unto the Lord.         --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                    5.
  
              Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. --Shak.
  
     2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
  
              These two were committed.             --Clarendon.
  
     3. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
  
              Thou shalt not commit adultery.       --Ex. xx. 14.
  
     4. To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with. [R.]
        --Dr. H. More.
  
     5. 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.
  
              You might have satisfied every duty of political
              friendship, without commiting the honor of your
              sovereign.                            --Junius.
  
              Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might
              possibly be considered as committing the faith of
              the United States.                    --Marshall.
  
     6. To confound. [An obsolete Latinism.]
  
              Committing short and long [quantities]. --Milton.
  
     To commit a bill (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a
        committee or others, to be considered and reported.
  
     To commit to memory, or To commit, to learn by heart; to
        memorize.
  
     Syn: To Commit, Intrust, Consign.
  
     Usage: These words have in common the idea of transferring
            from one's self to the care and custody of another.
            Commit is the widest term, and may express only the
            general idea of delivering into the charge of another;
            as, to commit a lawsuit to the care of an attorney; or
            it may have the special sense of intrusting with or
            without limitations, as to a superior power, or to a
            careful servant, or of consigning, as to writing or
            paper, to the flames, or to prison. To intrust denotes
            the act of committing to the exercise of confidence or
            trust; as, to intrust a friend with the care of a
            child, or with a secret. To consign is a more formal
            act, and regards the thing transferred as placed
            chiefly or wholly out of one's immediate control; as,
            to consign a pupil to the charge of his instructor; to
            consign goods to an agent for sale; to consign a work
            to the press.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  committed
       See commit

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  committed
       adj 1: bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause,
              action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a
              committed Marxist" [ant: uncommitted]
       2: associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: attached]
          [ant: unattached]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  commit
       v 1: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;
            "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn: perpetrate,
             pull]
       2: 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"
          [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote]
       3: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
          the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
          committed to prison" [syn: institutionalize, institutionalise,
           send, charge]
       4: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the
          general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust,
           intrust, trust, confide]
       5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put,
           place] [ant: divest]
       [also: committing, committed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     Αγγλικά a.
     πιστός, δέσμιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     a.
     1 obligated or lock in (often, but ''not'' necessarily, by a pledge)
  to some course of action.
     2 Showing commitment.
     3 associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual
  relationship.
     4 (lb en rhetoric) required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an
  argument.
     vb.
     (infl of en commit  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     a.
     1 obligated or lock in (often, but ''not'' necessarily, by a pledge)
  to some course of action.
     2 Showing commitment.
     3 associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual
  relationship.
     4 (lb en rhetoric) required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an
  argument.
     vb.
     (infl of en commit  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     a.
     1 obligated or lock in (often, but ''not'' necessarily, by a pledge)
  to some course of action.
     2 Showing commitment.
     3 associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual
  relationship.
     4 (lb en rhetoric) required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an
  argument.
     vb.
     (infl of en commit  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     a.
     1 obligated or lock in (often, but ''not'' necessarily, by a pledge)
  to some course of action.
     2 Showing commitment.
     3 associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual
  relationship.
     4 (lb en rhetoric) required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an
  argument.
     vb.
     (infl of en commit  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     Englanti a.
     1 sitoutunut, vannoutunut
     2 harras, uskollinen, sitoutunut
     3 seurustelusuhteessa oleva, toiseen ihmiseen sitoutunut
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ommit ted)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  committed
     Engelska a.
     1 engagerad
     2 (avledning en commit ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb commit)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  ملتزم

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ 
  spáchaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  spáchal

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  zaujatý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  angažovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ 
  spáchal

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ 
  ymrwymedig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  anvertraut, überantwortet, anheimgegeben, anbefohlen
     Synonym: committed
  
   see: commit, commend sth. to sb., committing, commended, commits, committed, I commend them to your care., We commend his soul to God.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  anvertraut, überantwortet, anheimgegeben, anbefohlen
     Synonym: committed
  
   see: commit, commend sth. to sb., committing, commended, commits, committed, I commend them to your care., We commend his soul to God.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  vertraute an
   see: commit, commend sth. to sb., committing, commended, committed, committed, commits, I commend them to your care., We commend his soul to God.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  begangen, verübt
   see: commit sth., committing, commits, committed, commit a crime, commit an offence/offense
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  beging, verübte
   see: commit sth., committing, committed, commits, commit a crime, commit an offence/offense
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  engagiert, hingebungsvoll 
     Synonym: dedicated
  
   see: more committed, most committed, socially committed, undedicated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  sich festgelegt
        "I don't want to be committed."  - Ich möchte mich nicht festlegen.
   see: commit (oneself) to sth., committing, commit oneself on an issue
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  sich verpflichtet, zugesagt
     Synonym: engaged
  
   see: commit yourself to do sth., engage yourself to do sth., committing, engaging, commit to sb.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  verpflichtet
           Note: zu, festgelegt 
           Note: auf
        "be committed to sth."  - sich zu etw. verpflichten, sich etw. verschreiben, auf etw. eingeschworen sein
        "have committed to do sth."  - sich zu etw. verpflichtet haben
        "be committed to sth."  - auf etw. festgelegt sein
           Note: to

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  committed //kəˈmɪt.ɪd// /[kəˈmɪɾ.əd]/ /[kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]/ 
  1. sitoutunut 2.
  associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship
   3.
  showing commitment
  2. sitoutunut, vannoutunut
  obligated by a pledge to some course of action

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  izvršen, izvršio, odlučen, odlučilo, poćinjeni, počinjeni, vjerna

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/
  1. hû
  2. elkötelezett
  3. odaadó
  4. vmi mellett állást foglaló
  5. vmi mellett kiálló

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  committed //kəˈmɪt.ɪd// /[kəˈmɪɾ.əd]/ /[kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]/ 
  berkomitmen
  showing commitment

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kəˈmɪtɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "committed":
     abandoned, affianced, afire, altruistic, ardent, assured, beholden,
     beholden to, betrothed, bound, bound and determined, bounden,
     bounden to, burning, compromised, consecrated, constant,
     contracted, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, determined,
     devoted, devout, disinterested, duty-bound, earnest, engaged,
     faithful, fast, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, guaranteed,
     hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, humble, impassioned,
     in duty bound, in earnest, indebted to, intended, intense, intent,
     intent on, loyal, modest, obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to,
     obstinate, on fire, passionate, perfervid, persevering, persistent,
     pledged, plighted, promised, purposeful, red-hot, relentless,
     resolute, resolved, sacrificing, saddled, self-abasing,
     self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted,
     self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful,
     self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing,
     self-unconscious, selfless, serious, sincere, single-minded,
     spirited, staunch, steadfast, sworn, tenacious, tested, tied,
     tried, tried and true, true, unacquisitive, under obligation,
     underwritten, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish,
     unsparing of self, vehement, warm, warranted, white-hot,
     wholehearted, zealous
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

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