commit

commettre

Faire quelque chose de mal ou d’illégal.

En anglais simple : To do something wrong or illegal.

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

Synonymes : perpetrate

Expressions courantes : commit a crime, commit murder, commit fraud

s’engager

Promettre de faire quelque chose ou accepter d’y consacrer du temps et des efforts.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : pledge, undertake

Expressions courantes : commit to something, commit yourself, commit resources

consigner, mémoriser

Mettre des mots ou des idées par écrit, ou les apprendre pour les retenir.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : commit something to memory/paper (She committed the address to memory.)

Synonymes : record, memorize

Expressions courantes : commit to memory, commit to paper

interner, incarcérer

Envoyer officiellement quelqu’un dans un établissement ou devant la justice, souvent sans son accord.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : commit someone to something (The judge committed him to prison.); commit someone for trial (The court committed her for trial.)

Synonymes : confine

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : commit someone, commit for trial, commit a patient

confier

Remettre une personne ou une chose à quelqu’un pour qu’il en prenne soin ou la garde.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : commit someone/something to someone's care (They committed the child to her grandmother's care.)

Synonymes : entrust, consign

Expressions courantes : commit to someone, commit to care