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• /kəˈmɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M IH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vahvistus — (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
• Finnish: sitoutuminen — (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
• Russian: фикса́ция (fiksácija) — (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
• Vietnamese: sự cam kết — (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
• Vietnamese: lần cam kết — (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
• Finnish: talletus — submission of source code
• Finnish: kommitti — submission of source code
• Finnish: pysyvä muutos — submission of source code
• Finnish: toimitus — submission of source code
• French: modification — submission of source code
• Russian: комми́т (kommít) — submission of source code
• Vietnamese: sự chuyển giao — submission of source code
• Vietnamese: lần chuyển giao — submission of source code
• Catalan: confiar — to entrust; to consign
• Catalan: consignar — to entrust; to consign
• Dutch: toevertrouwen — to entrust; to consign
• Dutch: toewijzen — to entrust; to consign
• Finnish: uskoa (jonkun haltuun) — to entrust; to consign
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to entrust; to consign
• French: confier — to entrust; to consign
• French: commettre — to entrust; to consign
• French: remettre — to entrust; to consign
• German: anvertrauen — to entrust; to consign
• German: (vertrauensvoll) übergeben — to entrust; to consign
• Hungarian: rábíz — to entrust; to consign
• Hungarian: gondjára bíz — to entrust; to consign
• Hungarian: gondjaira bíz — to entrust; to consign
• Italian: affidare — to entrust; to consign
• Italian: impegnarsi — to entrust; to consign
• Japanese: 預ける (azukeru) — to entrust; to consign
• Japanese: 任せる (makaseru) — to entrust; to consign
• Latin: commendō — to entrust; to consign
• Māori: whakarato — to entrust; to consign
• Middle English: comaunden — to entrust; to consign
• Middle English: recomaunden — to entrust; to consign
• Middle English: recommenden — to entrust; to consign
• Persian: سپردن (sepordan) — to entrust; to consign
• Romanian: comite — to entrust; to consign
• Russian: вверя́ть (vverjátʹ) — to entrust; to consign
• Spanish: encomendar — to entrust; to consign
• Catalan: tancar — to imprison
• Catalan: empresonar — to imprison
• Finnish: vangita — to imprison
• French: consigner — to imprison
• German: einsperren — to imprison
• German: einliefern — to imprison
• Hungarian: lecsuk — to imprison
• Hungarian: bebörtönöz — to imprison
• Hungarian: bezár — to imprison
• Italian: arrestare — to imprison
• Italian: imprigionare — to imprison
• Persian: زندانی کردن (zendâni kardan) — to imprison
• Persian: دربند کردن (darband kardan) — to imprison
• Russian: заключа́ть под стра́жу (zaključátʹ pod strážu) — to imprison
• Danish: tvangsindlægge — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Finnish: laittaa — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Finnish: sijoittaa — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• German: einweisen — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• German: einliefern — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Hungarian: lecsukat — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Hungarian: bebörtönöztet — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Hungarian: bezárat — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Hungarian: beutaltat — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Italian: ricoverare — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Portuguese: internar — to have someone enter an institution as a patient
• Arabic: اِرْتَكَبَ (irtakaba) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Bulgarian: извършвам (izvǎršvam) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Catalan: cometre — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎦ (asganvga) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Czech: spáchat — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Danish: begå — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Danish: forøve — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Finnish: tehdä — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• French: commettre — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• German: begehen — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• German: verbrechen — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• German: verüben — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Hungarian: elkövet — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Italian: commettere — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Korean: 짓다 (jitda) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Norwegian Bokmål: begå — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Occitan: cometre — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Persian: مرتکب شدن — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Persian: بد انجامیدن (bad anjâmidan) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Polish: popełniać — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Portuguese: cometer — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Russian: соверша́ть (soveršátʹ) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Russian: соверши́ть (soveršítʹ) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Spanish: cometer — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Tocharian B: yām- — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Ukrainian: вчиня́ти (včynjáty) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Ukrainian: вчини́ти (včynýty) — to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
• Czech: zapsat — to join a contest
• Finnish: lähteä — to join a contest
• Finnish: liittyä — to join a contest
• Finnish: ilmoittautua — to join a contest
• German: teilnehmen — to join a contest
• German: zusagen — to join a contest
• German: sich verpflichten — to join a contest
• Bulgarian: обвързвам се (obvǎrzvam se) — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Catalan: comprometre — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Czech: zapsat — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Finnish: vaarantaa — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• French: s'engager — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: verpflichten — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: engagieren — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: festlegen — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: committen — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: sich verpflichten — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• German: sich engagieren — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Hungarian: elkötelez — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Hungarian: elköteleződik — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Hungarian: elkötelezi magát — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Hungarian: kötelezettséget vállal — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Italian: compromettere — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Norwegian Bokmål: forplikte — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Norwegian Nynorsk: binde — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Portuguese: comprometer — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Romanian: comite — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Russian: обя́зываться (objázyvatʹsja) — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Russian: свя́зывать себя́ обяза́тельством (svjázyvatʹ sebjá objazátelʹstvom) — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Spanish: comprometer — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Spanish: empalabrar — to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
• Finnish: vahvistaa — computing: to make changes permanent
• French: consigner — computing: to make changes permanent
• German: committen — computing: to make changes permanent
• Vietnamese: cam kết — computing: to make changes permanent
• Finnish: tallettaa — integrate new revisions into the public version of a file
• German: einbauen — integrate new revisions into the public version of a file
• Vietnamese: chuyển giao — integrate new revisions into the public version of a file