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Verb commit has 5 senses
- perpetrate, commit, pull - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
--1 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
They commit him to write the letter
- give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
--2 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
--3 is one way to transfer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
--4 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- invest, put, commit, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
--5 is one way to spend, expend, drop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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