committed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪtɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɪtɪd/, [kəˈmɪɾ.ɪd], [kəˈmɪɾ.əd]

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• Hyphenation: com‧mit‧ted

Verb

committed

1. simple past and past participle of commit

Adjective

committed (comparative more committed, superlative most committed)

1. Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
   • 2017 April 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017:

     ‹Plan CM, meanwhile, is in motion. Sirleck took the bait, vampire mercenaries he can't call off are incoming... he's committed.›

2. Showing commitment.
3. Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
4. (rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.

Hyponyms

• fully committed
• pot committed

 

Derived terms

• committedly
• committedness
• noncommitted
• precommitted
• uncommitted

 

Translations

obligated by a pledge to some course of action

Dutch: toegewijd (nl) Finnish: sitoutunut (fi), vannoutunut (fi) Hebrew: מחויב m (mekhuiav), מחויבת f (mekhuievet) Italian: impegnato (it) m Polish: oddany (pl), zobowiązany Spanish: comprometido (es)

showing commitment

Finnish: sitoutunut (fi) German: engagiert (de) Indonesian: berkomitmen Italian: impegnato (it) m Malay: komited, bersungguh-sungguh Maori: tōngakengake, tōngakingaki, ngākau titikaha Polish: oddany (pl), zaangażowany (pl), zagorzały (pl) Portuguese: empenhado (pt) Spanish: empeñado (es)

associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship

Finnish: sitoutunut (fi) Italian: impegnato (it) m Polish: oddany (pl)