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)
- 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
- Showing commitment.
- Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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
- To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- to commit murder
- 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
- 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
Forms of committed
| comparative | more committed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: committed (page history and authors); commit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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