commit

begehen, verüben

Etwas Falsches oder Verbotenes tun, etwa eine Straftat.

In einfachem Englisch: To do something wrong or illegal.

• He committed a crime.
• The police believe she committed fraud.
• Did anyone see who committed the attack?

Synonyme: perpetrate

Häufige Wendungen: commit a crime, commit murder, commit fraud

sich verpflichten, zusagen

Versprechen, etwas zu tun oder dafür Zeit und Mühe einzusetzen.

In einfachem Englisch: To promise to do something or agree to give it your time and effort.

• I cannot commit to another project.
• She committed herself to helping the children.
• Will you commit enough time to finish this?

So benutzt man es: commit to doing something (We committed to reducing waste.); commit someone to something (The agreement commits us to the project.); commit something to something (They committed more money to the research.)

Synonyme: pledge, undertake

Häufige Wendungen: commit to something, commit yourself, commit resources

festhalten, einprägen

Worte oder Gedanken aufschreiben oder so lernen, dass man sie behält.

In einfachem Englisch: To put words or ideas into writing or learn them so you can remember them.

• He committed the poem to memory.
• I finally committed my ideas to paper.
• Have you committed these instructions to writing?

So benutzt man es: commit something to memory/paper (She committed the address to memory.)

Synonyme: record, memorize

Häufige Wendungen: commit to memory, commit to paper

einweisen, inhaftieren

Jemanden auf amtliche Anordnung in eine Einrichtung bringen oder einem Gerichtsverfahren zuführen, oft gegen seinen Willen.

In einfachem Englisch: To officially send someone to an institution or legal process, often without their agreement.

• The judge committed him to prison.
• She was committed to a secure hospital.
• The court committed both suspects for trial.

So benutzt man es: commit someone to something (The judge committed him to prison.); commit someone for trial (The court committed her for trial.)

Synonyme: confine

Gegenteile: release

Häufige Wendungen: commit someone, commit for trial, commit a patient

anvertrauen, übergeben

Jemandem eine Person oder Sache zur Betreuung oder Aufbewahrung übergeben.

In einfachem Englisch: To give someone or something into another person's care or keeping.

• They committed the documents to his keeping.
• She committed her children to her sister's care.
• The dying man committed his soul to God.

So benutzt man es: commit someone/something to someone's care (They committed the child to her grandmother's care.)

Synonyme: entrust, consign

Häufige Wendungen: commit to someone, commit to care