Past tense of commit
regular verb
The past tense of commit is committed. The past participle is also committed.
Forms of commit
| Base form (V1) | commit /kəˈmɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | committed /kəˈmɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | committed /kəˈmɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | committing /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | commits /kəˈmɪts/ |
Committed in a sentence
- Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
- What insane impossibility has Hughes just committed himself to?2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, pages 191–192
- The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.From the entry turnover
- You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.From the entry wit
- Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.From the entry deny
Meaning of commit
- verb To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- verb To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- verb To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
Questions about the past tense of commit
- What is the past tense of commit?
- The past tense of commit is committed.
- What is the past participle of commit?
- The past participle of commit is committed.
- Is commit a regular or irregular verb?
- Commit is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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