"commit" | Definition and Related Words

commit

Verb

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (synset 202588700)
hypernym: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
hyponym:
- make - carry out or commit
- recommit - commit once again, as of a crime
synonym: perpetrate, pull
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause (synset 200888984)
hypernym: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
hyponym:
- consecrate, vow - dedicate to a deity by a vow
- rededicate - dedicate anew
- apply - apply oneself to
synonym: consecrate, dedicate, devote, give
verb group:
- give - offer in good faith
- give, sacrifice - endure the loss of
Cause to be admitted
Of persons to an institution (synset 202353564)
hypernym: transfer - move from one place to another

hyponym: hospitalise, hospitalize - admit into a hospital

synonym: charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
Confer a trust upon (synset 202354208)
hypernym: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over - place into the hands or custody of
hyponym:
- commend - give to in charge
- charge, consign - give over to another for care or safekeeping
- recommit - commit again
- obligate - commit in order to fulfill an obligation
synonym: confide, entrust, intrust, trust
Make an investment (synset 202275982)
hypernym: drop, expend, spend - pay out
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
synonym: invest, place, put
Engage in or perform (synset 202380559)
hypernym: engage, prosecute, pursue - carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

synonym: practice

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