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commit

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈmɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈmɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kə mit′)

Inflections of 'commit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
commits
v 3rd person singular
committing
v pres p
committed
v past
committed
v past p

Collocations for "commit"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "commit" in context.

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commit

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. commit [a crime, murder, arson, a sin]
  2. commit to a [plan, course, idea]
  3. commit to [buy, purchase]
  4. commit yourself to [helping, finishing, doing]
  5. commit (yourself) to [one hour, two evenings] a [week]
  6. [won't, refuses to] commit (himself to her)
  7. [would not, refused] to commit
  8. (not) ready to commit
  9. committed [years] to [learning piano, his job, her research]
  10. commit suicide
  11. commit her body to the [ground, earth, deep]
  12. commit his soul to [God, the devil]
  13. [crimes, atrocities] committed against [humanity, children, women]
  14. committed to a [mental institution, hospital]
'commit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "commit" in the title:

A criminal who continues to commit crimes even after they have been punished - English Only forum
A sentence with commit - English Only forum
Abraham Lincoln would commit the country to civil war - English Only forum
Admit/Submit/Permit/Commit - English Only forum
against you-I'd commit - English Only forum
All who commit - English Only forum
as tacitly <establishing> an initial commit poin - English Only forum
authorise vs commit vs entrust - English Only forum
before I can <commit> - English Only forum
Before Mr. Martin decides to commit murder he has never... - English Only forum
before they will commit... they'd want - English Only forum
Can't commit to anything exclusive. - English Only forum
comma with shared object: commit, and take responsib. for, suicide - English Only forum
commit - English Only forum
Commit - Active or Passive Voice - English Only forum
Commit (a) crime - English Only forum
Commit (chase/target) - English Only forum
Commit (on its own) - English Only forum
commit a bad foul - English Only forum
"commit a king"? - English Only forum
commit a minimum of four weeks - English Only forum
Commit a mistake: collocation of mistake - English Only forum
Commit a robbery. - English Only forum
commit a volume - English Only forum
Commit adultery with - English Only forum
commit and committed - English Only forum
commit as a noun - English Only forum
commit funds - English Only forum
Commit means assign / allocate? - English Only forum
commit money to improving the Health Service - English Only forum
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