commit

Verbs

  • (v) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    • perpetrate a crime
    • pull a bank robbery
    perpetrate, pull,
  • (v) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    • She committed herself to the work of God
    • give one's talents to a good cause
    • consecrate your life to the church
    dedicate, devote, consecrate, give,
  • (v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    • After the second episode, she had to be committed
    • he was committed to prison
    institutionalise, institutionalize, send, charge,
  • (v) confer a trust upon
    • The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
    • I commit my soul to God
    entrust, intrust, confide, trust,
  • (v) make an investment
    • Put money into bonds
    invest, put, place,
  • (v) engage in or perform
    • practice safe sex
    • commit a random act of kindness
    practice,

Synonyms

perpetrate pull dedicate devote consecrate give institutionalise institutionalize send charge entrust intrust confide trust invest put place practice

Antonyms

disinvest divest

Words of close approximity

commie commix
comma
commie commix common
commitment commit suicide committal committal service committal to memory committal to writing committed committedness committee Committee for State Security committeeman committee meeting committee member committeewoman