commit

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  2. verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  3. verb cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.

In classic literature

Synonyms

perpetrate, pull

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