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# committed

«committed» in Mova's school dictionary: **committed works hard at something and is loyal to it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (committed); verb, past form of commit (commit, commits, committed, committing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Someone who is committed works hard at something and is loyal to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m1)

2) Committed (past of commit) means did something wrong or bad, like a crime or a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m2)

3) Committed means promised or agreed to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m3)

4) (formal) Committed can mean officially sent to prison, hospital or trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m4)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x1)
- The thief committed the crime at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x2)
- He committed a foul and got a yellow card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x3)
- We are committed to keeping our school clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x4)
- The council committed £5000 to the new park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x5)
- The teacher is very committed to her pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x6)
- I committed myself to running every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x7)
- "Who committed the crime!" said Ivan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x8)

### 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 the corpora

- [Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/8/)
- [And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.362/)
- [None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.425/)
- [And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.73/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «committed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.