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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 ]

  Commit \Com"mit\, v. i.
     To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Commit not with man's sworn spouse.      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Commit \Com"mit\, v. i.
     To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.]
  
           Commit not with man's sworn spouse.      --Shak.

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 ]

  commit
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 διαπράττω, κάνω (έγκλημα, αμαρτία, σφάλμα)
     2 (''+ to, upon'') παραδίδω
     3 παραπέμπω (σε δίκη)
     4 εκθέτω, βάζω σε κίνδυνο
     5 (ετ πληροφ en) κάνω μόνιμες τις μεταβολές (αλλαγές, τροποποιήσεις)
  που εκκρεμούν
     6 (ετ βασδε en) εντολή (statement) που ολοκληρώνει μιά συναλλαγή
  (transaction) και καθιστά μόνιμος τίς μεταβολές της στη βάση
  δεδομένων<ref>((en)) Michael J. Franklin,
  «[https://web.archive.org/web/20180329090241/http://db.lcs.mit.edu/6.893/F04/ccandr.pdf#page=2
  Concurrency Control and Recovery]», σελ. 2, 31, University of Meryland.
  Προσπέλαση 2020-03-12</ref><ref>Λουκόπουλος, Θ., Θεοδωρίδης,
  Ε. 2016.
  «[https://web.archive.org/web/20200117173401/https://repository.kallipos.gr/bitstream/11419/6247/2/%CE%95%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%AE%20%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD%20SQL-KOY.pdf#page=227
  Εισαγωγή στην SQL - Κεφάλαιο 13 Δοσοληψίες]», σελ. 227. Αθήνα:Σύνδεσμος
  Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών,
  [https://repository.kallipos.gr/handle/11419/6247
  repository.kallipos.gr]. Προσπέλαση: 2020-01-17</ref>

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

  commit
     n.
     1 (lb en computing databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database
  transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
     2 (lb en programming) The submission of source code or other material
  to a source control repository.
     3 (lb en informal sports chiefly US) A person, especially a high
  school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to
  attend a college or university.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;
  to entrust; to consign; used with ''to'' or formerly ''unto''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
     3 (lb en transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical
  facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
     4 (lb en transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a
  crime, sin, or fault.
     5 (lb en ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or
  endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (q: Traditionally
  used only reflexively but now also without ''oneself''
  etc.)<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v074/74.3shapiro.html</ref>
     6 (lb en transitive computing databases) To make a set of changes
  permanent.
     7 (lb en transitive programming) To integrate new revisions into the
  public or master version of a file in a version control system.
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To enter into a contest; to match;
  often followed by ''with''<ref>(R:Oxford English Dictionary Commit
  part of speech=v II 684 1)</ref>.
     9 (lb en transitive obsolete Latinism) To confound.
     10 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to
  fornicate.
     11 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to
  take place; to occur.

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

  Commit
     German n.
     m (lb de databases) commit

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

  commit
     n.
     1 (lb en computing databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database
  transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
     2 (lb en programming) The submission of source code or other material
  to a source control repository.
     3 (lb en informal sports chiefly US) A person, especially a high
  school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to
  attend a college or university.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;
  to entrust; to consign; used with ''to'' or formerly ''unto''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
     3 (lb en transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical
  facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
     4 (lb en transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a
  crime, sin, or fault.
     5 (lb en ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or
  endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (q: Traditionally
  used only reflexively but now also without ''oneself''
  etc.)<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v074/74.3shapiro.html</ref>
     6 (lb en transitive computing databases) To make a set of changes
  permanent.
     7 (lb en transitive programming) To integrate new revisions into the
  public or master version of a file in a version control system.
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To enter into a contest; to match;
  often followed by ''with''<ref>(R:Oxford English Dictionary Commit
  part of speech=v II 684 1)</ref>.
     9 (lb en transitive obsolete Latinism) To confound.
     10 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to
  fornicate.
     11 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to
  take place; to occur.

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

  commit
     n.
     1 (lb en computing databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database
  transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
     2 (lb en programming) The submission of source code or other material
  to a source control repository.
     3 (lb en informal sports chiefly US) A person, especially a high
  school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to
  attend a college or university.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;
  to entrust; to consign; used with ''to'' or formerly ''unto''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
     3 (lb en transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical
  facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
     4 (lb en transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a
  crime, sin, or fault.
     5 (lb en ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or
  endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (q: Traditionally
  used only reflexively but now also without ''oneself''
  etc.)<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v074/74.3shapiro.html</ref>
     6 (lb en transitive computing databases) To make a set of changes
  permanent.
     7 (lb en transitive programming) To integrate new revisions into the
  public or master version of a file in a version control system.
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To enter into a contest; to match;
  often followed by ''with''<ref>(R:Oxford English Dictionary Commit
  part of speech=v II 684 1)</ref>.
     9 (lb en transitive obsolete Latinism) To confound.
     10 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to
  fornicate.
     11 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to
  take place; to occur.

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

  Commit
     German n.
     m (lb de databases) commit

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

  commit
     n.
     1 (lb en computing databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database
  transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
     2 (lb en programming) The submission of source code or other material
  to a source control repository.
     3 (lb en informal sports chiefly US) A person, especially a high
  school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to
  attend a college or university.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;
  to entrust; to consign; used with ''to'' or formerly ''unto''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
     3 (lb en transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical
  facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
     4 (lb en transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a
  crime, sin, or fault.
     5 (lb en ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or
  endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (q: Traditionally
  used only reflexively but now also without ''oneself''
  etc.)<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v074/74.3shapiro.html</ref>
     6 (lb en transitive computing databases) To make a set of changes
  permanent.
     7 (lb en transitive programming) To integrate new revisions into the
  public or master version of a file in a version control system.
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To enter into a contest; to match;
  often followed by ''with''<ref>(R:Oxford English Dictionary Commit
  part of speech=v II 684 1)</ref>.
     9 (lb en transitive obsolete Latinism) To confound.
     10 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to
  fornicate.
     11 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to
  take place; to occur.

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

  Commit
     German n.
     m (lb de databases) commit

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

  commit
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm indyy3 c ommit commettre)

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

  commit
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb commettre)

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

  Commit /kəmˈɪt/
  إرتكب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  commit //kəˈmɪt// 
  1. извършвам
  to do (something bad); to perpetrate
  2. вкарвам в затвора
  to imprison
  3. обвързвам се
  to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  zavázat se

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  kompromitovat se

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  vázat se

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  dopustit se

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  spáchat

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/ 
  jdm. etw. anvertrauen, überantworten [geh.] , anheimgeben [poet.] , anbefehlen  [poet.]
        "commit sb. to sb.'s care"  - jdn. der Obhut von jdm. anvertrauen
        "commit sth. to paper"  - etw. zu Papier bringen
        "commit sth. to writing"  - etw. zu Papier bringen
        "commit sth. to memory"  - etw. memorieren, im Gedächtnis verankern, sich etw. einprägen
        "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. (Bible quotation)"  - Vater, in Deine Hände lege ich meinen Geist. (Bibelzitat)
     Synonym: commend sth. to sb.
  
   see: committing, commended, committed, committed, commits, committed, I commend them to your care., We commend his soul to God.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  
  δεσμεύω, διαπράττω, κάνω

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

  commit //kəˈmɪt// 
  1. sitoutuminen, vahvistus
  (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
  2. kommitti, pysyvä muutos, talletus, toimitus
  submission of source code

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

  commit //kəˈmɪt// 
  1. vahvistaa
  computing: to make changes permanent
  2. tallettaa
  integrate new revisions into the public version of a file
  3. tehdä
  to do (something bad); to perpetrate
  4. luovuttaa, uskoa (jonkun haltuun)
  to entrust; to consign
  5. laittaa, sijoittaa
  to have someone enter an institution as a patient
  6. vangita
  to imprison
  7. ilmoittautua, liittyä, lähteä
  to join a contest
  8. vaarantaa
  to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  commit /kəmˈɪt/ 
  1. समर्पण~करना
        "She has committed herself to research work."
  2. भेजना
        "The patient was committed to the mental hospital."
  3. वादा~करना
        "He is committed to marry her."

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

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  izvršiti, napraviti, načiniti, obavezati se, obvezati, obvezati se, obvezujemo, obvezuju, opredjeljivati, opredjeljujemo, počiniti, učiniti

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  commit //kəˈmɪt// 
  コミット

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  commit //kəˈmɪt// 
  任せる, 預ける
  to entrust; to consign

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  commit /kəˈmɪt/ 
   1.  popełniać
   2.  kierować, przeznaczać
   3.  oddawać (to - do)
   4.  commit oneself to sth (commit V: PROREFL :to NP)
   - angażować się przy czymś, zobowiązywać się do czegoś, zobowiązywać się
   5.  commit sth to memory (commit V: NP :to :memory)
   - wyuczać się na pamięć, wyuczać się

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  cometer, entregar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  commit /kəmitəgreʃən/
  acometer, atacar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  commit /kəmˈɪt/
  1. (ed -ting) işlemek, yapmak
  2. emanet etmek, teslim etmek, tevdi etmek
  3. kanun tasarısı v.b.'ni komisyona havale etmek
  4. söz vererek bağlamak. commit oneself bir karara varıp bunu ilân etmek. commit oneself to kendini adamak, hasretmek. commit to memory ezberlemek. commit to prison hapsetmek. commit to writing yazmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kəˈmɪt/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/kɔmi/

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

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "commit":
     accept obligation, accomplish, accredit, achieve, agree, agree to,
     allocate, allot, answer for, assign, assure, authorize,
     be answerable for, be responsible for, be security for, bind,
     bring about, bring off, bring to pass, carry out, charge, charter,
     commend, commission, commit to prison, confide, confine,
     consecrate, consign, contract, contravene, covenant, dedicate,
     delegate, deliver, depute, deputize, destine, detach, detail,
     devolute, devolve, devolve upon, devote, do, do to, effect,
     effectuate, empower, enfeoff, engage, entrust, execute, give,
     give in charge, give in trust, go and do, go bail for, guarantee,
     hand over, have an understanding, imprison, incarcerate, infeudate,
     inflict, institutionalize, intern, license, make, make imperative,
     make incumbent, mission, move, obligate, oblige, offend, offer,
     ordain, pay, perform, perpetrate, perpetuate, pledge, post,
     produce, promise, pull, pull off, put away, realize, recommit,
     relegate, remand, remit, remove, render, require, saddle with,
     scandalize, send away, send out, send to jail, send up, sentence,
     set apart, shake hands on, shift, shut up, sin, submit, swear,
     take and do, take the vows, tie, transfer, transgress, trespass,
     trust, turn over, undertake, up and do, violate, vouchsafe, vow,
     warrant, wreak
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 委托(托付),犯罪,作...事;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 把…交托给,提交;犯,干;使承担义务,使作出保证

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