transitive verb committed, committing
- to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign: we commit his fame to posterity
- to put officially in custody or confinement: committed to prison
- to hand over or set apart to be disposed of or put to some purpose: to commit something to the trash heap
- to do or perpetrate (an offense or crime)
- to bind as by a promise; pledge; engage: committed to the struggle
- to make known the opinions or views of: to commit oneself on an issue
- to refer (a bill, etc.) to a committee to be considered
intransitive verb
Informal to make a pledge or promise: often with to