Dictionary entry details
• COMMIT (verb)
Meaning:
Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
commit; perpetrate; pull
Context examples:
perpetrate a crime / pull a bank robbery
Hypernyms (to "commit" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commit"):
make (carry out or commit)
recommit (commit once again, as of a crime)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They commit him to write the letter
Meaning:
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
dedicate; devote; commit; consecrate; give
Context examples:
She committed herself to the work of God / give one's talents to a good cause / consecrate your life to the church
Hypernyms (to "commit" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commit"):
consecrate; vow (dedicate to a deity by a vow)
rededicate (dedicate anew)
apply (apply oneself to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
institutionalize; institutionalise; commit; send; charge
Context examples:
After the second episode, she had to be committed / he was committed to prison
Hypernyms (to "commit" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commit"):
hospitalise; hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Confer a trust upon
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
intrust; entrust; confide; commit; trust
Context examples:
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret / I commit my soul to God
Hypernyms (to "commit" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commit"):
obligate (commit in order to fulfill an obligation)
recommit (commit again)
charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)
commend (give to in charge)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make an investment
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
invest; put; commit; place
Context example:
Put money into bonds
Hypernyms (to "commit" is one way to...):
drop; expend; spend (pay out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commit"):
buy into (buy stocks or shares of a company)
job; speculate (invest at a risk)
tie up (invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes)
shelter (invest (money) so that it is not taxable)
roll over (invest (a previously investment) into a similar fund or security)
fund (invest money in government securities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
