How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
commit — com‧mit [kəˈmɪt] verb committed PTandPP committing PRESPART 1. [intransitive, transitive] to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something: commit somebody to do something • He committed his government to support Thailand s… … Financial and business terms
commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Commit — Com*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; used with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commit — com·mit vb com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting vt 1 a: to put into another s charge or trust: entrust consign committed her children to her sister s care b: to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order was found to be gravely … Law dictionary
commit — [kə mit′] vt. committed, committing [ME committen < L committere, to bring together, commit < com , together + mittere, to send: see MISSION] 1. to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign [we commit his fame to… … English World dictionary
Commit — ist ein Ausdruck aus der Softwaretechnik, welcher die Idee beschreibt, aktuelle Änderungen permanent zu machen. Er wird sowohl im Zusammenhang mit der Persistierung von Daten in einer Datenbank, als auch beim Einchecken von Sourcecode in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
COMMIT — Оператор COMMIT применяется для того, чтобы: сделать «постоянными» все изменения, сделанные в текущей транзакции (реально данные могут быть изменены несколько позже) очистить все точки сохранения данной транзакции завершить транзакцию освободить… … Википедия
Commit — Com mit, v. i. To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Commit not with man s sworn spouse. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Commit — as a noun can refer to: A set of permanent changes in a database or software repository. A parliamentary motion Nicotine, by the trade name Commit See also Commitment (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles ass … Wikipedia
commit — late 14c., to give in charge, entrust, from L. committere to unite, connect, combine; to bring together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + mittere to put, send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)). Evolution into modern range of meanings is not… … Etymology dictionary
commit — [v1] perform an action accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke*, go in for*, go out for*, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak;… … New thesaurus
