commit
commit is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
- transitive verb. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- transitive verb. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- transitive verb. To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
- transitive verb. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
- transitive verb. To confound.
- intransitive verb. To sin; esp., to be incontinent.
- verb. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
"She committed herself to the work of God"
"give one's talents to a good cause"
- verb. make an investment
"Put money into bonds"
- verb. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
"After the second episode, she had to be committed"
"he was committed to prison"
- verb. confer a trust upon
"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
"I commit my soul to God"
- verb. engage in or perform
"practice safe sex"
"commit a random act of kindness"
- verb. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
"perpetrate a crime"
"pull a bank robbery"
Synonyms
consecrate, dedicate, devote, give, invest, place, put, charge, send, confide, entrust, intrust, trust, practice, perpetrate, pull
Common word forms
commits, committed, committer, commitment, committing
Words from these letters
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