committed

com·mit  (k-mt)

v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits

v.tr.

1. To do, perform, or perpetrate: commit a murder.

2. To put in trust or charge; entrust: commit oneself to the care of a doctor; commit responsibilities to an assistant.

3. To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.

4. To consign for future use or reference or for preservation: commit the secret code to memory.

5. To put into a place to be kept safe or to be disposed of.

6.

a. To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue: I never commit myself on such issues.

b. To bind or obligate, as by a pledge: They were committed to follow orders.

7. To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.

v.intr.

To pledge or obligate one's own self: felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage.

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[Middle English committen, from Latin committere : com-, com- + mittere, to send.]

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com·mitta·ble adj.

Synonyms: commit, consign, entrust, confide, relegate
These verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping. Commit has the widest application: The troops were committed to the general's charge. I committed the sonata to memory. The patient was committed to the hospital.
To consign is to transfer to another's custody or charge: The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale.
Entrust and confide stress trust in another: The task was too dangerous to be entrusted to a child. She confided her plans to her family.
To relegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position: Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	committed - bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist" uncommitted - not bound or pledged
	2.	committed - associated in an exclusive sexual relationship attached loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"

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committed

adjective

1. dedicated, devoted, loyal, intent, faithful, devout, resolute, adherent, dutiful He said the government remained committed to attaining peace.

2. pledged, involved, promised, tied, engaged, obliged, duty-bound It would have meant cancelling several meetings which I was already committed to.

Translations

committed [kəˈmɪtɪd] ADJ → comprometido
a committed writer → un escritor comprometido

committed [kəˈmɪtɪd] adj

[writer, politician] → engagé(e); [Christian] → convaincu(e)

to be committed to sth [+ aim] → être attaché(e) à qch

committed

adj (= dedicated) → engagiert; he is so committed to his work that … → er geht so in seiner Arbeit auf, dass …; all his life he has been committed to this cause → er hat sich sein Leben lang für diese Sache eingesetzt

committed [kəˈmɪtɪd] adj (Christian) → convinto/a; (writer) → impegnato/a