1. Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
   - perpetrate, pull 
2. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
   "She committed herself to the work of God"
   - give, dedicate, consecrate, devote 
3. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
   - institutionalize, institutionalise [Brit], send, charge 
4. Confer a trust upon
   "I commit my soul to God"
   - entrust, intrust, trust, confide 
5. Make an investment
   - invest, put, place 
6. Engage in or perform
   "commit a random act of kindness"
   - practice [N. Amer], practise [Brit, Cdn] 
7. (computer science) make permanent changes to a database

Derived forms: committing, committed, commits

See also: commission, commitment, committee

Type of: act, apply, drop, employ, engage, expend, give, hand, move, pass, pass on, prosecute, pursue, reach, spend, transfer, turn over, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Commit

• First Council of Constantinople
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• first cousin
• first cranial nerve
• First Crusade
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• first derivative
• First Duke of Marlborough
• First Duke of Wellington
• First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
• First Earl of Beaconsfield
• First Earl of Chatham
• First Earl of Orford
• First Earl Wavell
• First Epistle of John
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
• First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
• First Epistle of Peter
• First Epistle to the Corinthians
• First Epistle to the Thessalonians
• First Epistle to Timothy
• first estate
• first floor