COMMIT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She committed herself to the work of God
    • give one’’s talents to a good cause
    • consecrate your life to the church
    Hypernyms(s) commit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • make an investment
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Put money into bonds
    Hypernyms(s) commit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • cause to be admitted
    • of persons to an institution
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • After the second episode, she had to be committed
    • he was committed to prison
    Hypernyms(s) commit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • confer a trust upon
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The messenger was entrusted with the general’’s secret
    • I commit my soul to God
    Hypernyms(s) commit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • perpetrate a crime
    • pull a bank robbery
    Hypernyms(s) commit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)