{
    "term": "commit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "commit",
            "heSheIt": "commits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "committed",
        "pastParticiple": "committed",
        "ingForm": "committing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to do something wrong or illegal",
            "sensetop": "commit something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **commit a crime/an offence**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **commit murder/fraud/adultery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **commit an act** of violence/terrorism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **commit an error/a sin**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **commit atrocities**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "appalling crimes committed against innocent children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most crimes are committed by young men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The men are being held on suspicion of **conspiracy to commit** armed robbery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He denied conspiring to commit robberies in April last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was punished for a murder he did not commit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had committed a faux pas by referring to her ex-husband."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Was she capable of committing a crime?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "committing an act of violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What leads someone to commit murder?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to kill yourself deliberately",
            "sensetop": "commit suicide",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her father had **committed suicide**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc.",
            "sensetop": "commit somebody/yourselfcommit somebody/yourself to somethingcommit somebody/yourself to doing somethingcommit somebody/yourself to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They want to see the text of the proposed treaty before **fully committing** themselves.",
                    "contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Making an application does not commit you to anything.",
                    "contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Borrowers should think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan.",
                    "contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully.",
                    "contextForm": "commit somebody/yourself to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has now committed us to buying the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need people to commit themselves to regular voluntary work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both candidates refused to commit themselves to tax cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several countries were reluctant to commit themselves to the treaty."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change it",
            "sensetop": "commit yourself (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You don't have to commit yourself now—just think about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know what his opinion is. He won't commit himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had never committed himself to any ideology."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to stay with and completely support one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc.",
            "sensetop": "commit (to somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Why is he so scared to commit? *(= say he will stay with one person)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to spend money or time on something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "commit something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The council has committed large amounts of money to housing projects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The University committed substantial funds to assisting mature students."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to order somebody to be sent to a hospital, prison, etc.",
            "sensetop": "commit somebody to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was committed to a psychiatric hospital."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to send somebody for trial in court",
            "sensetop": "commit somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The attackers were committed for trial at Bristol Crown Court."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to learn something well enough to remember it exactly",
            "sensetop": "commit something to memory",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She committed the instructions to memory."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to write something down",
            "sensetop": "commit something to paper/writing",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪt/",
                "audio": "co/commit/commit__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪts/",
                "audio": "co/commit/commits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/commit/committed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/commit/committing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪt/",
                "audio": "co/commit/commit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪts/",
                "audio": "co/commit/commits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/commit/committed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/commit/committing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’."
}