Committed Commit Crimes Kəˈmɪt Committing Appalling Innocent Reforming

• to commit murder/adultery
• most crimes are committed by young men.
• appalling crimes committed against innocent children
• the president is committed to reforming health care.

commit

1. to do something wrong or illegal
• See related entries: Committing crime
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/committing_crime/commit_3
• to commit murder/adultery
• Most crimes are committed by young men.
• appalling crimes committed against innocent children
2. to kill yourself deliberately
3. to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc.
• The President is committed to reforming health care.
• Borrowers should think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan.
• Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully.
4. to give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change it
• see also non-committal
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/non-committal
• You don't have to commit yourself now, just think about it.
5. to be completely loyal to one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc.
• see also committed
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/committed
• Why are so many men scared to commit? (= say they will be loyal to one person)
6. to spend money or time on something/somebody
• The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.
7. to order somebody to be sent to a hospital, prison, etc.
• See related entries: Types of punishment
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/types_of_punishment/commit_2
• She was committed to a psychiatric hospital.
8. to send somebody for trial in court
9. to learn something well enough to remember it exactly
• See related entries: Exams and assessment
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/exams_and_assessment/commit_1
• She committed the instructions to memory.
10. to write something down

Extra Examples

• He denied conspiring to commit robberies in April last year.
• He has now committed us to buying the house.
• He was punished for a murder he did not commit.
• Her father had committed suicide.
• I had committed a faux pas by referring to her ex-husband.
• The University committed substantial funds to assisting mature students.
• The attackers were committed for trial at Bristol Crown Court.
• Was she capable of committing a crime?
• We need people to commit themselves to regular voluntary work.
• committing an act of violence
• Both candidates refused to commit themselves to tax cuts.
• He had never committed himself to any ideology.
• I don’t know what his opinion is. He won’t commit himself.
• Several countries were reluctant to commit themselves to the treaty.
• The party was committed to reforming the electoral system.
• We heard of some of the appalling crimes committed against innocent children.
• What leads someone to commit murder?
• You don’t have to commit yourself now, just think about it.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they commit
• he / she / it commits
• past simple committed
• past participle committed
• -ing form committing

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.