com·mit·ment

(kə-mĭt′mənt)

1. The act or an instance of committing, especially:

a. The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.

b. Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.

c. A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.

a. A pledge or obligation, as to follow a certain course of action: a public official's commitment to uphold the Constitution.

b. Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.

3. The state of being emotionally or intellectually devoted, as to a belief, a course of action, or another person: a profound commitment to the family.

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commitment

(kəˈmɪtmənt)

1. the act of committing or pledging

2. the state of being committed or pledged

3. an obligation, promise, etc that restricts one's freedom of action

4. (Parliamentary Procedure) the referral of a bill to a committee or legislature

5. (Law) law Also called (esp formerly): mittimus a written order of a court directing that a person be imprisoned

6. the official consignment of a person to a mental hospital or prison

7. commission or perpetration, esp of a crime

8. (Stock Exchange) a future financial obligation or contingent liability

Also called (esp for senses 5, 6): committal

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com•mit•ment

(kəˈmɪt mənt)

n.

1. the act of committing.

2. the state of being committed.

3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.

4. a pledge or promise: to make a commitment to pay bills on time.

5. engagement; involvement: a sincere commitment to religion.

6. perpetration or commission, as of a crime.

a. consignment to or confinement in a prison, mental hospital, or other institution.

b. a court order to confine someone in an institution.

8. the act of referring a bill or proposal to a committee.

[1605–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	commitment - the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment" committedness serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice investment - the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work"
	2.	commitment - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" allegiance, loyalty, dedication communalism - loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole consecration - a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study" cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" devotion - commitment to some purpose; "the devotion of his time and wealth to science" enlistment - the act of enlisting (as in a military service) faith - loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
	3.	commitment - an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London" involvement, participation, involution, engagement - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" incurrence - the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
	4.	commitment - a message that makes a pledge dedication subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about oath, swearing - a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury affirmation - (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future assurance, pledge - a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
	5.	commitment - the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) committal, consignment confinement - the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

commitment

noun

1. dedication, loyalty, devotion, adherence a commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism
dedication wavering, indecisiveness, vacillation

2. responsibility, tie, duty, obligation, liability, engagement I've got too many commitments to take on anything more right now.

3. pledge, promise, guarantee, undertaking, vow, assurance, word We made a commitment to keep working together.
pledge negation, disavowal

Proverbs
"In for a penny, in for a pound"
"One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb"

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commitment

noun

An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:

burden, charge, duty, imperative, must, need, obligation, responsibility.

Translations

الْتِزام

závazek

forpligtelse

Bindung Engagement Hingabe Obligo Verbindlichkeit

δέσμευση

compromiso obligación

velvollisuus

obligation

elkötelezettség

skuldbinding

impegno promessa

forpliktelseforpliktingoverlatelseoverlatingtvangsinnleggelse

sorumlulukyükümlülük

所承担的义务承诺

commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] N

1. (= obligation) → obligación f
he has heavy teaching commitments → tiene muchas obligaciones como profesor
family commitments → obligaciones familiares

2. (= pledge) to give a commitment to do sth → comprometerse a hacer algo
she would give no commitment → no quiso comprometerse

3. (= devotion) → entrega f, devoción f

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commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] n

(= engagement) → engagement m
commitment to sth (= devotion to) → engagement dans qch

(= obligation) → responsabilité f

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commitment

(= obligation) → Verpflichtung f; (= dedication) → Engagement nt; his family commitments → seine familiären Verpflichtungen pl; his teaching commitments → seine Lehrverpflichtungen pl; there’s no commitment (to buy) → es besteht kein(erlei) Kaufzwang; to make a commitment to do something (form) → sich verpflichten, etw zu tun; the trainer demands one hundred per cent commitment from his team → der Trainer verlangt von seiner Mannschaft hundertprozentigen Einsatz; his commitment to his job is total → er geht völlig in seiner Arbeit auf; political/military commitment → politisches/militärisches Engagement; he is frightened of commitment (in relationship) → er hat Angst davor, sich festzulegen

(Parl, of bill) → Überweisung f → an den (zuständigen) Ausschuss

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commitment

[kəˈmɪtmənt] n (responsibility) → impegno; (devotion) → dedizione f
he refused to make any commitment → ha rifiutato d'impegnarsi in alcun modo

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commit

(kəˈmit) – past tense past participle comˈmitted – verb

1. to perform; to do (especially something illegal). He committed the murder when he was drunk.

2. to hand over (a person) to an institution etc for treatment, safekeeping etc. committed to prison.

3. to put (oneself) under a particular obligation. She has committed herself to looking after her dead brother's children till the age of 18.

comˈmitment noun

obligation. She could not take the job because of family commitments.

comˈmittal noun

the act of committing (to an institution).

comˈmitted adjective

pledged to do, or to support, something. He was committed to looking after his uncle; He is a committed socialist.

com·mit·ment

n. obligación, compromiso.

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References in classic literature

The awful discretion which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and the most distinguished characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the trust to a small number of persons.

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The magistrate, upon the encouragement of so learned a coadjutor, and upon the violent intercession of the squire, was at length prevailed upon to seat himself in the chair of justice, where being placed, upon viewing the muff which Jones still held in his hand, and upon the parson's swearing it to be the property of Mr Western, he desired Mr Fitzpatrick to draw up a commitment, which he said he would sign.

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The handbills of the selectmen would cause the commitment of all the vagabonds in the State; the paragraph in the Parker's Falls Gazette would be reprinted from Maine to Florida, and perhaps form an item in the London newspapers; and many a miser would tremble for his money bags and life, on learning the catastrophe of Mr.

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Keywords: Job commitment, instructional leadership, teachers' performance, public and private.

Effect of Instructional Leadership on Teachers' Performance and Job Commitment: A Comparison of Public and Private Universities of Lahore

The bankruptcy court approved the Company's entry into a commitment letter with a third-party financial institution relating to the $700 million first lien notes offering contemplated by the plan of reorganization.

Pacific Drilling S.A. makes progress

Workplace commitment is a popular research field in management for decades, and practicing managers and researchers also has been trying to answer what tools are the most relevant to increase employees' commitment levels to their workplaces.

THE EFFECT OF WAGES AND WORK EXPERIENCES ON THE COMMITMENT OF HUNGARIAN EMPLOYEES

Commitment is the main factor for effective and efficient work in any field.Teachers' professional commitment has been found to be critical to good instruction.

Professional Commitment of Teacher Educators: Future of Nation Builders

The current research was conducted to identify the important antecedents and major consequences of organizational commitment and to explain their relationship with the commitment level of the teachers (lecturers and assistant professors) of the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences of the University of the Punjab (PU).

ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF TEACHERS: CASE OF UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB

This research examines commitment factors amongst ICT workers.

Normative commitment in the ICT sector: Why professional commitment and flexible work practices matter

THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has instructed Grab to continue implementing until October its voluntary commitments on service quality and fare transparency as part of the conditional clearance of its acquisition of Uber.

PCC tells Grab: Keep service quality, fare transparency offers

In a regulatory filing, GreenSky stated: "Our ability to generate and increase transaction volume and expand our loan servicing portfolio is, in part, dependent both on retaining our existing Bank Partners and having them renew and expand their commitments and on adding new Bank Partners to increase funding capacity and replace non-renewing Bank Partners.

GreenSky does not see renewing funding commitment with Regions