commit
1. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (Freq. 12)
- perpetrate a crime
- pull a bank robbery
• Syn:
perpetrate, pull
• Derivationally related forms:
pull (for: pull), commission, committal, perpetration (for: perpetrate), perpetrator (for: perpetrate)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
make, recommit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They commit him to write the letter
2. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause (Freq. 12)
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
• Syn:
give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Derivationally related forms:
devotion (for: devote), devotee (for: devote), commitment, consecration (for: consecrate), dedication (for: dedicate)
• Hypernyms:
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
• Hyponyms:
vow, consecrate, rededicate, apply
• Verb Group:
give, sacrifice
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
3. cause to be admitted;
of persons to an institution (Freq. 3)
- After the second episode, she had to be committed
- he was committed to prison
• Syn:
institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Derivationally related forms:
institution (for: institutionalise), institution (for: institutionalize), commitment, committal
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Hyponyms:
hospitalize, hospitalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
4. confer a trust upon (Freq. 1)
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
• Syn:
entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Derivationally related forms:
committee, confidence (for: confide), trust (for: trust), trustee (for: trust)
• Hypernyms:
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
• Hyponyms:
commend, consign, charge, recommit, obligate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
5. make an investment (Freq. 1)
- Put money into bonds
• Syn:
invest, put, place
• Ant:
divest (for: invest)
• Derivationally related forms:
commitment, investment (for: invest), investor (for: invest), investing (for: invest)
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
fund, roll over, shelter, tie up, speculate,
job, buy into
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. engage in or perform
- practice safe sex
- commit a random act of kindness
• Syn:
practice
• Hypernyms:
prosecute, engage, pursue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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