Word a Day
commit
What does commit mean?
commit (verb): to do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce commit?
/kəˈmɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does commit come from?
Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to commit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “commit”?
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What does “commit” mean?
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
Not quite: that's what avoid means.
to write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch
Not quite: that's what draft means.
to communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud
Not quite: that's what speak means.
to do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault
Right! That's what “commit” means.
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