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Definitions for Commit

[1] to give in trust or charge; consign.
[2] to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
[3] to pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.
[4] to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
[5] to entrust, especially for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.
[6] to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
[7] to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
[8] to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
[9] to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
[10] to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
[11] Parliamentary Procedure . to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
[12] to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
[13] to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust to commit a child to the care of its aunt
[14] commit to memory to learn by heart; memorize
[15] to confine officially or take into custody to commit someone to prison
[16] (usually passive) to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude a committed radical
[17] to order (forces) into action
[18] to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate
[19] to surrender, esp for destruction she committed the letter to the fire
[20] to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature

Words related to Commit

do, execute, violate, perpetrate, act, engage, offer, invest, give, send, charge, promise, allocate, hold, pull, accomplish, complete, effectuate, contravene, wreak

Words nearby Commit

commissural cheilitis, commissural fiber, commissure, commissure of cerebral hemispheres, commissurotomy, commit, commit to memory, commitment, commitment ceremony, commitment fee, committal

Origin of Commit

1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer ) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over

Other words from Commit

com·mit·ta·ble , adjective
com·mit·ter , noun
non·com·mit·ted , adjective
pre·com·mit , verb (used with object), pre·com·mit·ted, pre·com·mit·ting.
self-com·mit·ting , adjective
un·com·mit , verb, un·com·mit·ted, un·com·mit·ting.
un·com·mit·ting , adjective
well-com·mit·ted , adjective

Word origin for Commit

C14: from Latin committere to join, from com- together + mittere to put, send

Synonyms for Commit

act, carry out, do, execute, perpetrate, violate, accomplish, achieve, complete, contravene, effectuate, enact, offend, pull, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, wreak, go for broke, go in for, go out for, pull off