commit
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to…To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
» Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.
Tom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.
Том покончил с собой, повесившись.
Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Commit these numbers to memory.
anvertrauen, (vertrauensvoll) übergeben
вверя́тьvverjátʹ
(transitive)To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
einsperren, einliefern
заключа́ть под стра́жуzaključátʹ pod strážu
(transitive)To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
(transitive)To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
to commit murder
to commit a series of heinous crimes
begehen, verbrechen, verüben
соверша́тьsoveršátʹ, соверши́тьsoveršítʹ
вчиня́тиvčynjáty, вчини́тиvčynýty
(ambitransitive)To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
to commit oneself to a certain action
to commit to a relationship
verpflichten, engagieren, festlegen
обя́зыватьсяobjázyvatʹsja, свя́зывать себя́ обяза́тельствомsvjázyvatʹ sebjá objazátelʹstvom
(transitive)To make a set of changes permanent.
committen
make a set of changes permanent
(transitive)To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
einbauen
To make decisions that effectively convey elements of character.
To make this scene land, you really have to commit.
(intransitive, obsolete)To enter into a contest; to match; often followed by with.
einweisen, einliefern, teilnehmen
(Latinism, obsolete, transitive)To confound.
(intransitive, obsolete)To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
Examples
918 sentencesTom committed suicide by hanging himself.
Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.
ruТом покончил с собой, повесившись.
deTom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.
According to Tom, Mary committed suicide.
Згідно слів Тома, Мері наклала на себе руки.
ruПо словам Тома, Мэри покончила с собой.
deTom zufolge verübte Maria Selbstmord.
I heard that Tom committed suicide.
Я чула, що Том покінчив життя самогубством.
ruЯ слышал, Том покончил жизнь самоубийством.
Do you know why Tom committed suicide?
Ти знаєш, чому Том вчинив самогубство?
deWeißt du, warum Tom Selbstmord verübt hat?
Tom committed suicide when he was thirty.
Том наклав на себе руки, коли йому було тридцять років.
ruТом покончил с собой в возрасте тридцати лет.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 7
Origin
Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring toInherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.
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Forms
commits, committing, committed, committedSynonyms
21 synonyms- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution:institutionalizeinstitutionalisesendcharge
- engage in or perform:practice
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation:perpetratepull
- make an investment:investputplace
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause:givededicateconsecratedevote
- confer a trust upon:entrustintrusttrustconfide
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- committed suicide
- to commit suicide
- commit the crime
- committed suicide by
- tried to commit
- had committed suicide
- committed a crime
- committed suicide in
- committed the murder
- as committed as
- committed to doing
- had committed the