commit to writing

  • 1commit to writing — I verb affirm, assert, assure, attest, authenticate, be bound, certify, circumstantiate, commemorate, contract, covenant, document, guarantee, inscribe, insure, make a statement, note, ratify, set down, sign a pact, stipulate, subscribe,… …

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  • 2commit — [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… …

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  • 3commit — /kəˈmɪt / (say kuh mit) verb (t) (committed, committing) 1. to give in trust or charge; entrust; consign. 2. to consign for preservation: to commit to writing; to commit to memory. 3. to consign to custody in an institution, as a jail, mental… …

  • 4Commit — 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… …

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  • 5commit — 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 …

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  • 6commit something to paper/writing — commit (something) to paper/writing : to write (something) down She committed her thoughts to writing. • • • Main Entry: ↑commit …

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  • 7commit to paper/writing — commit (something) to paper/writing : to write (something) down She committed her thoughts to writing. • • • Main Entry: ↑commit …

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  • 8commit something to writing — commit something to paper/writing/formal phrase to write something on paper Thesaurus: to write somethingsynonym Main entry: commit …

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  • 9commit something to paper — commit something to paper/writing/formal phrase to write something on paper Thesaurus: to write somethingsynonym Main entry: commit …

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  • 10commit — [[t]kəmɪ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ commits, committing, committed 1) VERB If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad. [V n] I have never committed any crime... [V n] This is a man who has committed murder. [V n] ...the temp …

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