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Meaning of commit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
kəˈmɪt

Definitions

  1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto
  2. The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
  3. To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail
  4. The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
  5. To pledge, obligate, or devote one's own self: felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage.
  6. To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness
  7. A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
    US, informal
  8. obligation. She could not take the job because of family commitments. verpligtinge الْتِزام ангажимент compromisso závazek die Verpflichtung forpligtelse δέσμευση, υποχρέωσηcompromiso, obligación kohustus تعهد؛ قول sitoumus obligationמחויבות वादा obveza elkötelezettség kewajiban skuldbinding impegno 責任 일, 의무 pareiga, įsipareigojimas saistības tanggungan verplichtingforpliktelse, bindende avtalezobowiązanie اړتيا، مجبوريت، قيد تعهد compromisso obligaţie обязательство záväzok obveza obaveza åta...
  9. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault
  10. the act of committing (to an institution). toewysing, aanbeveling إحالَةٌ إلى سِجْن أو مُؤسَّسه поверяване internamento uvěznění die Bindung, die Verpflichtung indlæggelse; fængsling εγκλεισμός σε ίδρυμα κτλ. reclusión (kuhugi) toimetamine تعهد passitus internement הַעֲבָרָה לְמוֹסָד व्यक्ति को जेल या मानसिक अस्पताल में भेजना upućivanje rábízás pemasukan fangelsun; innilokun á hæli carcerazione; internamento 収容 수감 perdavimas nodošana; ieslodzīšana pemasukkan opname, gevangenzettingkjennelse p...
  11. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step
  12. pledged to do, or to support, something. He was committed to looking after his uncle; He is a committed socialist. betrokke, verbonde مُلْتَزِم بِ задължен empenhado zavázaný, angažovaný verpflichtet engagere sig ταγμένος comprometido, entregado pühendunud متعهد شده sitoutunut engagéמחויב वचनबद्ध, प्रतिबद्ध predan elkötelezett bersumpah skuldbundinn; staðfastur impegnato 献身した 약속한 pareigingas, atsidavęs nodevies; apsolījies; saistījies komited geëngageerd, toegewijdforpliktet, engasjert zobowi...
  13. cometer; [intern] internar, encerrar.
  14. To do, perform, or perpetrate: commit a murder.
  15. To put in trust or charge; entrust: commit oneself to the care of a doctor; commit responsibilities to an assistant.
  16. To consign for future use or for preservation: We must commit the necessary funds for the project.
  17. To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.
  18. To put into a place to be disposed of or kept safe: committed the manuscript to the flames.

Equivalents

Examples

“To support locking and process synchronization independently of transaction commits, the server provides semaphore objects[…]”
“Every Git commit represents a single, atomic changeset with respect to the previous state.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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