📒 to do something wrong or illegal
- to commit a crime/an offence
- to commit murder/fraud/adultery
- to commit an act of violence/terrorism
📒 to kill yourself deliberately
- Her father had committed suicide.
📒 to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc.
- commit somebody/yourself They want to see the text of the proposed treaty before fully committing themselves.
- commit somebody/yourself to something Making an application does not commit you to anything.
- commit somebody/yourself to doing something Borrowers should think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan.
📒 to give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change it
- You don't have to commit yourself now—just think about it.
- I don't know what his opinion is. He won't commit himself.
- He had never committed himself to any ideology.
📒 to stay with and completely support one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc.
- Why are so many men scared to commit? (= say they will stay with one person)
📒 to spend money or time on something/somebody
- The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects.
- The University committed substantial funds to assisting mature students.
📒 to order somebody to be sent to a hospital, prison, etc.
- She was committed to a psychiatric hospital.
📒 to send somebody for trial in court
- The attackers were committed for trial at Bristol Crown Court.
📒 to learn something well enough to remember it exactly
- She committed the instructions to memory.
📒 to write something down