committed

Everyday

1. Someone who is committed works hard at something and is loyal to it. tree →
2. Committed (past of commit) means did something wrong or bad, like a crime or a mistake. tree →
3. Committed means promised or agreed to do something. tree →
4. (formal) Committed can mean officially sent to prison, hospital or trial. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and sport, a committed player never misses training. In news and stories, a crime is «committed». In formal language, money «committed to» a project is set aside for it. Phrases: committed to, committed a crime, committed a foul, fully committed.

Examples

• She is a committed member of the swimming team. tree →
• The thief committed the crime at night. tree →
• He committed a foul and got a yellow card. tree →
• We are committed to keeping our school clean. tree →
• The council committed £5000 to the new park. tree →
• The teacher is very committed to her pupils. tree →
• I committed myself to running every day. tree →
• "Who committed the crime!" said Ivan. tree →

Note

Double the t and the m: commit → committed, committing. Spelling trap: «committed» has mm and tt. The noun is «commitment»; «committee» is a group of people who decide things.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means did a wrong act, or handed something over to someone's care. The prophets and Chronicles use it for sins such as abomination or Achar's trespass with the devoted thing.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the prophets as teaching that a person who turns away from all the wrongs he has committed will live.

Examples

• And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; (Torah DEU.21.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. (Torah GEN.39.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. (Torah LEV.20.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it. (Prophets EZK.16.50, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing. (Writings 1CH.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. (Prophets EZK.18.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Double the t and the m: commit → committed, committing. Spelling trap: «committed» has mm and tt. The noun is «commitment»; «committee» is a group of people who decide things.