commit
Verb
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Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (synset 202588700)
"perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"synonym: perpetrate, pull
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Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause (synset 200888984)
"She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"hypernym: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purposehyponym:
- consecrate, vow - dedicate to a deity by a vow
- rededicate - dedicate anew
- apply - apply oneself to
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Cause to be admitted;
Of persons to an institution (synset 202353564)"After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"hypernym: transfer - move from one place to anotherhyponym: hospitalise, hospitalize - admit into a hospital -
Confer a trust upon (synset 202354208)
"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"hyponym:
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Make an investment (synset 202275982)
"Put money into bonds"hyponym:
- fund - invest money in government securities
- roll over - re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- shelter - invest (money) so that it is not taxable
- tie up - invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
- job, speculate - invest at a risk
- buy into - buy stocks or shares of a company
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Engage in or perform (synset 202380559)
"practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"synonym: practice
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