commit

commit
verb committed, committing (T)
1 CRIME to do something wrong or illegal: commit a crime: Women commit fewer crimes than men. | commit murder/rape/adultery etc: Brady committed a series of brutal murders. | commit suicide (=kill yourself deliberately)
2 SAY THAT SB WILL DO STH to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something: commit sb to sth: My agent has already committed me to an appearance. | commit sb to doing sth: The contract commits him to playing for the team for the next three years.
3 commit yourself to say that you will definitely do something: You don't have to commit yourself at this stage. | We can't commit ourselves to any concrete proposals. | commit yourself to doing sth: Sorry, I've already committed myself to working for Clive. | not commit yourself (=refuse to say whether you will do something): Roxburgh decided that it would be wiser not to commit himself.
4 MONEY/TIME to decide to use money, time, people etc for a particular purpose: commit sth to sth: A large amount of money has been committed to this project.
5 PRISON/HOSPITAL to order someone to be put in a hospital or prison: You're crazy! You ought to be committed!
6 commit sth to memory to learn something so that you remember it
7 commit sth to paper to write something down

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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