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committed

Syllables: com·mit·tedUK/kəˈmɪtɪd//kəˈmɪtɪd/

committed is the simple past and past participle of commit.

Adjective

committed (comparative more committed, superlative most committed)

  1. Obligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of action.
    • I'm committed to walk(ing) at least 7 miles daily.
    • As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.2009 March 10, Jon Caramanica, “Stepping to the Fore as a Backup Band”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022
  2. Showing commitment.
  3. Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
  4. (rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.

Meaning of commit

Verb

commit (third-person singular simple present commits, present participle committing, simple past and past participle committed)

  1. (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
    • Commit these numbers to memory.
  2. (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
    • and ſome of the Conſpirators committed to the Caſtle of Dublin by us1641, A Great Conspiracy by the Papiſts in the Kingdome of Ireland, Diſcovered by the Lords Juſtices, and Counſell at Dublin, and Proclaimed There Octob. 23, 1641, page 2
  3. (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
    • Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
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  4. (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
    • to commit murder
  5. (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
    • to commit oneself to a certain action
  6. (transitive) To make a set of changes permanent.
    • When all SQL statements in the transaction are executed successfully, the transaction is committed and all the work that the SQL statements performed is made a permanent part of the database.2005, Thearon Willis, Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 343

See all 15 meanings of commit

Forms of committed

comparativemore committed
superlativemost committed

Words formed from committed

Phrases with committed

Questions about committed

What does committed mean?
Committed means obligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of action.
What is committed the simple past and past participle of?
Committed is the simple past and past participle of commit.
What part of speech is committed?
Committed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce committed?
Committed is pronounced /kəˈmɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near committed in the dictionary

  1. committal
  2. committal hearing
  3. committal hearings
  4. committally
  5. committals
  6. committed
  7. committed adultery
  8. committed die
  9. committed dose
  10. committed doses
  11. committed sudoku

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