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Dictionary definition · commit

verb

  1. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation"perpetrate a crime"
  2. make a set of changes permanent"We committed the changes to the Git repository"
  3. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause"She committed herself to the work of God"
  4. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution"After the second episode, she had to be committed"
  5. confer a trust upon"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
  6. make an investment"Put money into bonds"
  7. engage in or perform"practice safe sex"
  8. transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved"He committed the poem to memory"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).