"commit" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commit",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commits",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "commit",
        "2": "t"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "com‧mit",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We have committed no offense and ask to be freed at once."
        },
        {
          "text": "The people who have committed this dreadful act should be punished."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit something illegal or bad, you do it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-commit-en-verb-Gy3nP0F5",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The president has committed the government to improving schools."
        },
        {
          "text": "We must commit ourselves to the job at hand."
        },
        {
          "text": "After committing to the project last year, they are now trying to pull out."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wants to get married, but he's not ready to commit."
        },
        {
          "text": "The government has committed $10 million towards solving the problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit to something, you agree or say that you will do or participate in something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-commit-en-verb-rnEdZNh4",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was committed to a mental hospital after he tried to kill himself."
        },
        {
          "text": "The judge committed him to twelve years for the murder."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit someone to a place or a process, you send them there, often against their will."
      ],
      "id": "simple-commit-en-verb-rI4HSd7Q",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He committed the whole speech to memory."
        },
        {
          "text": "She committed her life's story to paper."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit words or idea to something, you record them there."
      ],
      "id": "simple-commit-en-verb-nq4dpsey",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈmɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-commit.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commit"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commit",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commits",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "committing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "commit",
        "2": "t"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "com‧mit",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We have committed no offense and ask to be freed at once."
        },
        {
          "text": "The people who have committed this dreadful act should be punished."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit something illegal or bad, you do it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The president has committed the government to improving schools."
        },
        {
          "text": "We must commit ourselves to the job at hand."
        },
        {
          "text": "After committing to the project last year, they are now trying to pull out."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wants to get married, but he's not ready to commit."
        },
        {
          "text": "The government has committed $10 million towards solving the problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit to something, you agree or say that you will do or participate in something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was committed to a mental hospital after he tried to kill himself."
        },
        {
          "text": "The judge committed him to twelve years for the murder."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit someone to a place or a process, you send them there, often against their will."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He committed the whole speech to memory."
        },
        {
          "text": "She committed her life's story to paper."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you commit words or idea to something, you record them there."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈmɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-commit.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commit"
}