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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 commitFrom 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, δέσμιοςFrom 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/ ملتزمFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]spáchaný
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ spáchalFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ zaujatýFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ angažovanýFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]spáchal
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ ymrwymedigFrom 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/offenseFrom 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/offenseFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ engagiert, hingebungsvollFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonym: dedicated see: more committed, most committed, socially committed, undedicated
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 issueFrom 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, festgelegtFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]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
committed //kəˈmɪt.ɪd// /[kəˈmɪɾ.əd]/ /[kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]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
committed /kəmˈɪtɪd/ izvršen, izvršio, odlučen, odlučilo, poćinjeni, počinjeni, vjernaFrom 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 kiállóFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
committed //kəˈmɪt.ɪd// /[kəˈmɪɾ.əd]/ /[kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd]/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]berkomitmen showing commitment
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/kəˈmɪtɪd/
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, zealousFrom XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
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