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- pronunciation:
- k
mIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
commits, committing, committed |
| definition 1: |
to do; perform.
He committed a crime.- synonyms:
- do, perform
- similar words:
- execute
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| definition 2: |
to dedicate, devote or pledge.
She committed herself to helping the poor.- synonyms:
- pledge
- similar words:
- bind, promise, undertake, vow
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| definition 3: |
to put under the care or control of a person or institution, such as a prison or mental hospital.
They committed him to the mental hospital.- synonyms:
- confine
- similar words:
- hospitalize
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| related words: |
check, dedicate, devote, engage, entrust, grant, oblige, pawn, trust |
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| derivation: |
committed (adj.) |
The word commit
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admission, admit, admittance, commission, commissioner, commit, committee, compromise, dismiss, emission, emit, missile, mission, missionary, omit, permission, permit, premise, promise, promising, remission, submit, transmission, transmit, transmitter
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