Commit
/kəˈmɪt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Commit
noun
- The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.
verb
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
- To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
"Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!"
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
"to commit a series of heinous crimes"
- To join a contest; to match; followed by with.