<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) committed, committing.</li><li>To do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.</li><li>Synonyms: execute, effect</li><li>To pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.</li><li>To bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.</li><li>To consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.</li><li>To give in trust or charge, especially for safekeeping; consign; commend: Every summer we were committed to babysitters and camp counselors.</li><li>To commit one's soul to God; Every summer we were committed to babysitters and camp counselors.</li><li>To consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a juvenile detention center.</li><li>To place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed by court order on the recommendation of two psychiatrists.</li><li>To deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.</li><li>To send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.</li><li>Parliamentary Procedure: to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) committed, committing.</li><li>To bind or obligate oneself, as by pledge or assurance; devote or engage oneself to a person or thing: If he hasn’t committed after eight years, he’s never going to marry you.</li><li>She is an athlete who commits to the highest standards.</li></ul>