commit

commit: com·mit vb com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting

vt

1 a: to put into another's charge or trust: entrust consign

committed her children to her sister's care

b: to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order

was found to be gravely disabled and was involuntarily committed to the Central Louisiana State Hospital — In the Matter of K.G., 531 So. 2d 575 (1988) compare institutionalize, interdict

c: to send (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report

commit the crime bill to the joint committee

2: to carry into action deliberately: perpetrate

to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas — U.S. Constitution art. I

3: obligate bind

vi: to obligate or bind oneself

would not commit to the irrevocable order

commit: I (entrust) verb allot, assign, authorize, charge, charge with, commission, confer a trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, employ, empower, engage, grant authority to, invest, invest with power, make responsible for, put an obligation upon, put in the hands of, relegate to, trust, turn over to, vest in associated concepts: commit to a writing II (institutionalize) verb arrest, confine, consign, constrain, deliver into custody, enthrall, hold in constraint, hold in restraint, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock up, place in confinement, put in custody, recommit to custody, remand to custody, remit to custody, restrain, send to an asylum, send to jail, send to prison associated concepts: commit to a hospital, commit to a mental institution, commit to prison, committing magistrate III (perpetrate) verb accomplish, achieve, act, act on, administer, apply oneself to, be a participator in, be a party to, be an accomplice, be engaged in, be engrossed in, bring about, bring to pass, carry into execution, carry on, carry out, carry through, complete, consummate, discharge, discharge the duties of, effect, employ oneself, execute, finish, fulfill, go through with, inflict, occupy oneself with, operate, participate in, perform, realize, transact associated concepts: commit an offense against the United States IV index apprehend (arrest), arrest (apprehend), confide (trust), confine, consign, constrain (imprison), contribute (supply), delegate, deliver, deposit (submit to a bank), detain (hold in custody), entrust, execute (accomplish), give (grant), inflict, perpetrate, remand, remit (submit for consideration), sentence, submit (give), undertake

commit: v.

(1) To do or perform a deed or act.

(2) To entrust to the care of someone else; to send someone to prison or a mental institution.

(3) To bind oneself to someone or something.

commit: v.

1 To do; perpetrate.

2 To order a person's placement in, or to send a person to, a hospital, mental health facility, prison, or similar institution, especially pursuant to court order.

commit: To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.

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commit — com‧mit [kəˈmɪt] verb committed PTandPP committing PRESPART 1. [intransitive, transitive] to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something: commit somebody to do something • He committed his government to support Thailand s… … Financial and business terms
commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Commit — Com*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; used with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commit — [kə mit′] vt. committed, committing [ME committen < L committere, to bring together, commit < com , together + mittere, to send: see MISSION] 1. to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign [we commit his fame to… … English World dictionary
Commit — ist ein Ausdruck aus der Softwaretechnik, welcher die Idee beschreibt, aktuelle Änderungen permanent zu machen. Er wird sowohl im Zusammenhang mit der Persistierung von Daten in einer Datenbank, als auch beim Einchecken von Sourcecode in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
COMMIT — Оператор COMMIT применяется для того, чтобы: сделать «постоянными» все изменения, сделанные в текущей транзакции (реально данные могут быть изменены несколько позже) очистить все точки сохранения данной транзакции завершить транзакцию освободить… … Википедия
Commit — Com mit, v. i. To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Commit not with man s sworn spouse. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Commit — as a noun can refer to: A set of permanent changes in a database or software repository. A parliamentary motion Nicotine, by the trade name Commit See also Commitment (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles ass … Wikipedia
commit — late 14c., to give in charge, entrust, from L. committere to unite, connect, combine; to bring together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + mittere to put, send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)). Evolution into modern range of meanings is not… … Etymology dictionary
commit — [v1] perform an action accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke*, go in for*, go out for*, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak;… … New thesaurus

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