committed

UK: /kəˈmɪtɪd/ US: /kəˈmɪtɪd/

From the verb commit: (⇒ conjugate)

committed is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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com•mit•ted /kəˈmɪtɪd/  adj. [usually: before a noun]

1. dedicated;
   giving one's complete loyalty to something:
   a committed teacher.

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com•mit /kəˈmɪt/   v. [~ + object]

1. to declare that one has a certain opinion or position:
   [~ + oneself] The senator would not commit herself on the upcoming vote.
2. to obligate (oneself), such as by a pledge:
   [~ + oneself + to + object] He committed himself to helping the poor.
3. to entrust, esp. for safekeeping;
   commend:
   to commit one's soul to God.
4. to put (something) in a place or state for keeping:
   She decided to commit her ideas to writing.
5. to assign or send for a certain purpose;
   allocate:
   [~ + object + to + object] The general committed his troops to battle.
6. to do;
   perform;
   perpetrate:
   to commit murder.
7. to send (someone) to a prison or mental institution by legal authority:
   He was committed to an institution for the criminally insane.

See -mit-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

com•mit  (kə mit′), v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
v.t. 

1. to give in trust or charge;
   consign.
2. to consign for preservation:
   to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
3. to pledge (oneself ) to a position on an issue or question;
   express (one's intention, feeling, etc.):
   Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.
4. to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance;
   pledge:
   to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
5. to entrust, esp. for safekeeping;
   commend:
   to commit one's soul to God.
6. to do;
   perform;
   perpetrate:
   to commit murder; to commit an error.
7. to consign to custody:
   to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
8. to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority:
   He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
9. to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.;
   relegate:
   to commit a manuscript to the flames.
10. to send into a battle:
    The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
11. Government [Parl. Proc.] to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.

v.i. 

12. to pledge or engage oneself:
    an athlete who commits to the highest standards.

• Latin committere, equivalent. to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
• Anglo-French committer)
• Middle English committen (1350–1400

com•mit′ta•ble, adj. 
com•mit′ter, n. 
Synonyms

• 6. carry out, effect, execute.

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commit / kəˈmɪt/ verb ( -mits, -mitting, -mitted)(transitive)

1. to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust
2. commit to memory ⇒ to learn by heart; memorize
3. to confine officially or take into custody: to commit someone to prison
4. (usually passive) to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude: a committed radical
5. to order (forces) into action
6. to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate
7. to surrender, esp for destruction: she committed the letter to the fire
8. to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin committere to join, from com- together + mittere to put, send

comˈmittable adjective

comˈmitter noun