[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/committed/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / committed # committed adjective (committed); verb, past form of commit (commit, commits, committed, committing) «committed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Someone who is committed works hard at something and is loyal to it. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m2) 3. Committed means promised or agreed to do something. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#m4) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x1) - The thief committed the crime at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x2) - He committed a foul and got a yellow card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x3) - We are committed to keeping our school clean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x4) - The council committed £5000 to the new park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x5) - The teacher is very committed to her pupils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x6) - I committed myself to running every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/#x7) - "Who committed the crime!" said Ivan. [tree →](https://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 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x3) - And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it. (Prophets EZK.16.50, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x4) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x5) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «committed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/committed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«committed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/committed.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «committed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/committed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«committed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/committed.html) on Mova free.