commit

commit
com·mit <-tt-> [kəʼmɪt] vt
1) (carry out)
to \commit sth etw begehen;
the newspaper is being sued for allegedly \committing libel die Zeitung wird wegen angeblicher Verleumdung verklagt;
to \commit a crime/sin ein Verbrechen/eine Sünde begehen;
to \commit an offence eine strafbare Handlung begehen;
to \commit suicide Selbstmord begehen
2) (bind)
to \commit money to a project Geld für ein Projekt bereitstellen;
to \commit soldiers to the defence of a region Soldaten zur Verteidigung eines Gebietes entsenden;
to \commit oneself to sth sich akk etw dat voll und ganz widmen;
to \commit oneself to a relationship sich akk auf eine Beziehung einlassen;
to \commit oneself to doing sth sich akk verpflichten, etw zu tun
3) (institutionalize)
to \commit sb jdn einweisen;
to \commit sb to prison jdn ins Gefängnis einweisen;
he's been \committed to prison for fraud er ist wegen Betrugs inhaftiert worden;
to \commit sb to a hospital jdn in ein Krankenhaus einweisen [lassen]
4) (entrust)
to \commit sth to memory sich dat etw einprägen;
to \commit sth to paper etw zu Papier bringen vi (bind oneself)
to \commit to sth sich akk auf etw akk festlegen;
to \commit to a course of action einen einmal eingeschlagenen Weg weiterverfolgen;
to \commit oneself on an issue sich akk in einer Frage festlegen

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