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Uncommoncommitting
The correct spelling is committing.
How to pronounce committing
/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/
verbIPA: /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/
Say it like: Com-mit-tin-g
The correct spelling is committing. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. For example: "Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!"
Usage Examples
“Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!”
“to commit a series of heinous crimes”
“to commit oneself to a certain action”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- 2.To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
- 3.To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
- 4.To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- 5.To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
noun
- 1.The act by which something is committed.
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