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Definitions for Committed
[1] bound or obligated to a person or thing, as by pledge or assurance; devoted: Children need warm and committed parents.
[2] to give in trust or charge; consign.
[3] to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
[4] 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.
[5] to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
[6] to entrust, especially for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.
[7] to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
[8] to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
[9] to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
[10] to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
[11] to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
[12] Parliamentary Procedure . to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
[13] to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
[14] to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust to commit a child to the care of its aunt
[15] commit to memory to learn by heart; memorize
[16] to confine officially or take into custody to commit someone to prison
[17] (usually passive) to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude a committed radical
[18] to order (forces) into action
[19] to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate
[20] to surrender, esp for destruction she committed the letter to the fire
[21] to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature
Words related to Committed
devoted, faithful, bound, attached
Words nearby Committed
commit to memory, commitment, commitment ceremony, commitment fee, committal, committed, committed facility, committee, committee of correspondence, committee of one, committee of the whole
Origin of Committed
1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer ) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
Other words from Committed
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 Committed
C14: from Latin committere to join, from com- together + mittere to put, send