COMMITS Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

commits

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present tense third-person singular of commit

as in executes

to carry through (as a process) to completion accused of committing a felony

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as in pledges

to obligate by prior agreement we were committed to finishing the project

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reneges

as in leaves

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another commit only some power to each official

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as in imprisons

to put in or as if in prison The defendant was committed to prison following the guilty verdict.

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Recent Examples of commits Administrations officials previously have said the deal also commits Tehran to further negotiations over dismantling its nuclear program. —

Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Then, if somebody living in a hotel commits a crime, that kicks off big disturbances and reactions, and so on. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 If Paraguay commits extra bodies to dealing with Dest, then Robinson suddenly has room to attack on the opposite side. —

Charlie Davies, New York Times, 12 June 2026 The woman, whose identity has not been released, was charged with murder as well as a charge under the country's immigration code that applies to any foreign national who commits a crime in Myanmar, according to one of the attorneys. —

CBS News, 11 June 2026 One of the few fans still working on these old drivers is Gert Wollny, who made close to 60 commits to the Mesa drivers on GitHub over the past week, with a little help from an increasingly expensive coding partner, Copilot. —

Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026 The cast commits to the mounting insanity with every fiber of their being, bringing pathos and passion to these creatures of the night. —

Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2026 But the measures that Anthropic commits to for Claude’s protection are extremely limited. —

Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 The current contract focuses on further development and optimization of powders for Westinghouse and commits both companies to work together to achieve Westinghouse’s goals. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026

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The Cook County Chief Judge's office is in charge of the program, but no one from their office spoke at the meeting; and no one from the Cook County Sheriff's office, which executes arrest warrants when someone violates terms of their monitoring, attended the meeting.

— Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Lin does almost everything at a high level, executes the small things extremely well and plays the game with a rare quality, maturity and detail for a D his age.

— Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 3 June 2026