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Definition
commit verb (PROMISE)
/kəˈmɪt/ v (-tt-)
[I or T] to promise or give your loyalty, time or money to a particular principle, person or plan of action
[R] Like so many men, he has problems committing himself to a relationship.
The government must commit itself to improving health care.
Once we have committed to this course of action there is no going back.
commit yourself
to express an opinion or to make a decision that you tell people about
I think I can come but I won't commit myself till I know for sure.
commit sth to memory
to make certain that you remember something
commit sth to paper
to write something down
Perhaps we should commit these ideas to paper before we forget them.
(Definition of commit verb (PROMISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
