commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate mean to assign to a person or place for a definite purpose. commit may express the general idea of delivering into another's charge or the special sense of …

commit yourself to express an opinion or to make a decision that you tell people about:

1. to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust: to commit a child to the care of its aunt.

COMMIT definition: to do; perform; perpetrate. See examples of commit used in a sentence.

If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it. If you commit yourself to someone, you decide that you want to have a long-term relationship with them.

Definition of commit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

perpetrate: to commit murder. to send (someone) to a prison or mental institution by legal authority: He was committed to an institution for the criminally insane.

Dec 14, 2025 · commit (plural commits) (computing, databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change. quotations

To consign for future use or for preservation. We must commit the necessary funds for the project.

COMMIT meaning: 1 : to do (something that is illegal or harmful); 2 : to decide to use (a person, money, etc.) for some particular purpose or use often + to or for