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{
"term": "commit",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "commit",
"heSheIt": "commits"
},
"pastSimple": "committed",
"pastParticiple": "committed",
"ingForm": "committing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to do something wrong or illegal",
"sensetop": "commit something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **commit a crime/an offence**"
},
{
"text": "to **commit murder/fraud/adultery**"
},
{
"text": "to **commit an act** of violence/terrorism"
},
{
"text": "to **commit an error/a sin**"
},
{
"text": "to **commit atrocities**"
},
{
"text": "appalling crimes committed against innocent children"
},
{
"text": "Most crimes are committed by young men."
},
{
"text": "The men are being held on suspicion of **conspiracy to commit** armed robbery."
},
{
"text": "He denied conspiring to commit robberies in April last year."
},
{
"text": "He was punished for a murder he did not commit."
},
{
"text": "I had committed a faux pas by referring to her ex-husband."
},
{
"text": "Was she capable of committing a crime?"
},
{
"text": "committing an act of violence"
},
{
"text": "What leads someone to commit murder?"
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to kill yourself deliberately",
"sensetop": "commit suicide",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father had **committed suicide**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc.",
"sensetop": "commit somebody/yourselfcommit somebody/yourself to somethingcommit somebody/yourself to doing somethingcommit somebody/yourself to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They want to see the text of the proposed treaty before **fully committing** themselves.",
"contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself"
},
{
"text": "Making an application does not commit you to anything.",
"contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to something"
},
{
"text": "Borrowers should think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan.",
"contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to doing something"
},
{
"text": "Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully.",
"contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to do something"
},
{
"text": "He has now committed us to buying the house."
},
{
"text": "We need people to commit themselves to regular voluntary work."
},
{
"text": "Both candidates refused to commit themselves to tax cuts."
},
{
"text": "Several countries were reluctant to commit themselves to the treaty."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change it",
"sensetop": "commit yourself (to something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You don't have to commit yourself now—just think about it."
},
{
"text": "I don't know what his opinion is. He won't commit himself."
},
{
"text": "He had never committed himself to any ideology."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to stay with and completely support one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc.",
"sensetop": "commit (to somebody/something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why is he so scared to commit? *(= say he will stay with one person)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to spend money or time on something/somebody",
"sensetop": "commit something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects."
},
{
"text": "The University committed substantial funds to assisting mature students."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to order somebody to be sent to a hospital, prison, etc.",
"sensetop": "commit somebody to something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was committed to a psychiatric hospital."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "to send somebody for trial in court",
"sensetop": "commit somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The attackers were committed for trial at Bristol Crown Court."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "to learn something well enough to remember it exactly",
"sensetop": "commit something to memory",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She committed the instructions to memory."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "to write something down",
"sensetop": "commit something to paper/writing",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪt/",
"audio": "co/commit/commit__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪts/",
"audio": "co/commit/commits__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪd/",
"audio": "co/commit/committed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/commit/committing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪt/",
"audio": "co/commit/commit__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪts/",
"audio": "co/commit/commits__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪd/",
"audio": "co/commit/committed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/commit/committing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’."
}