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commit
/kəˈmɪt/ verb [T] (present participle committing, past tense and past participle committed)Definition
CRIME › to do something that is considered wrong, or that is illegal: He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit. to commit suicide/adultery
DECISION › to make a firm decision that you will do something: He committed himself to helping others.
not commit yourself › to refuse to express an opinion about a particular subject
MONEY/TIME › If you commit money, time, energy, etc to something, you use it to try to achieve something: The government has committed thousands of pounds to the research.
(Definition of commit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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