Meaning

12 senses
  1. (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

  2. (transitive)To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.

    einsperren, einliefern

    заключа́ть под стра́жуzaključátʹ pod strážu

  3. (transitive)To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.

    Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!

  4. (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

  5. (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

  6. (transitive)To make a set of changes permanent.

    committen

    make a set of changes permanent

  7. (transitive)To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.

    einbauen

  8. To make decisions that effectively convey elements of character.

    To make this scene land, you really have to commit.

  9. (intransitive, obsolete)To enter into a contest; to match; often followed by with.

    einweisen, einliefern, teilnehmen

  10. (Latinism, obsolete, transitive)To confound.

  11. (intransitive, obsolete)To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.

  12. (intransitive, obsolete)To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.

Examples

918 sentences
  1. Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.

    Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.

    ruТом покончил с собой, повесившись.

    deTom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.

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  2. 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.

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  3. I heard that Tom committed suicide.

    Я чула, що Том покінчив життя самогубством.

    ruЯ слышал, Том покончил жизнь самоубийством.

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  4. Do you know why Tom committed suicide?

    Ти знаєш, чому Том вчинив самогубство?

    deWeißt du, warum Tom Selbstmord verübt hat?

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  5. 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.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate:
Русский
By meaning 4
to entrust; to consign:
to imprison:
to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate:
to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to entrust; to consign:
to imprison:
to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate:
to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger:
integrate new revisions into the public version of a file:
to have someone enter an institution as a patient:
to join a contest:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring to

Inherited 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, committed
Base formcommit · to commit
3rd person singularcommits
Present participlecommitting
Past simplecommitted
Past participlecommitted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycommit
he, she, itcommits

Past simpleLesson

all personscommitted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave committed
he, she, ithas committed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill commit

Synonyms

21 synonyms
forcibly treat:sectionA15150
integrate new revisions into the public version of a file:check in
Close in meaning

Word family

24 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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