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commit
- /kəˈmɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.
verb commits · committing · committed · commit
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. Commit these numbers to memory.
- To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail. and ſome of the Conſpirators committed to the Caſtle of Dublin by us
- To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness. Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault. to commit murder
- To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.) to commit oneself to a certain action
- To make a set of changes permanent. When all SQL statements in the transaction are executed successfully, the transaction is committed and all the work that the SQL statements performed is made a permanent part of the database.
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To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
We can commit all unstaged files with one command: […]
Similar: check in
- To enter into a contest; to match; often followed by with. For, in theſe ſtrifes, and on ſuch perſons, were as wretched to affect a victorie, as it is vnhappy to be committed with them.
- To make decisions that effectively convey elements of character. To make this scene land, you really have to commit.
- To confound. Harry whoſe tuneful and well meaſur'd Song / Firſt taught our Engliſh Muſick how to ſpan / Words with juſt note and accent, not to ſcan / With Midas Ears, committing ſhort and long;
- To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate. the sonne might one day bee found committing with his mother[…].
- To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur. As a vaſt Herd of Cows in a rich Farmer's Yard, if, while they are milked, they hear their Calves at a Diſtance, lamenting the Robbery which is then committing, roar and bellow: So roared forth the Somerſetſhire Mob an Hallaloo, made up of almoſt as many Squawls, Screams, and other different Sounds,
noun commits
- The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change. To support locking and process synchronization independently of transaction commits, the server provides semaphore objects[…]
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The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
Similar: check-in
- A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: entrust, trust, confide, give, devote, perpetrate, put, charge, institutionalize, invest, send, dedicate, intrust, pull, place, promise
Translations
Every language
verb to entrust; to consign
| Español | encomendar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 預ける azukeru, 任せる makaseru |
| Français | confier, commettre, remettre |
| Deutsch | anvertrauen, (vertrauensvoll) übergeben |
| Italiano | affidare, impegnarsi |
| Română | comite |
| Русский | вверя́ть vverjátʹ |
verb to imprison
| Français | consigner |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | einsperren, einliefern |
| Italiano | arrestare, imprigionare |
| Русский | заключа́ть под стра́жу zaključátʹ pod strážu |
verb to do (something bad); to perpetrate — see also perpetrate
| Español | cometer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 짓다 jitda |
| Português | cometer |
| Français | commettre |
| Deutsch | begehen, verbrechen, verüben |
| Italiano | commettere |
| Русский | соверша́ть soveršátʹ, соверши́ть soveršítʹ |
| العربية | اِرْتَكَبَ irtakaba |
verb to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger
| Español | comprometer, empalabrar |
|---|---|
| Português | comprometer |
| Français | s'engager |
| Deutsch | verpflichten, engagieren, festlegen, committen, sich verpflichten, sich engagieren |
| Italiano | compromettere |
| Română | comite |
| Русский | обя́зываться objázyvatʹsja, свя́зывать себя́ обяза́тельством svjázyvatʹ sebjá objazátelʹstvom |
verb integrate new revisions into the public version of a file
| Deutsch | einbauen |
|---|---|
| Tiếng Việt | chuyển giao |
verb to have someone enter an institution as a patient
| Português | internar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | einweisen, einliefern |
| Italiano | ricoverare |
verb to join a contest
| Deutsch | teilnehmen, zusagen, sich verpflichten |
|---|
noun (computing) act of committing, making a permanent change
| Русский | фикса́ция fiksácija |
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| Tiếng Việt | sự cam kết, lần cam kết |
| עברית | קיבוע kibúa, קומיט komít |
noun submission of source code
| Français | modification |
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| Русский | комми́т kommít |
| Tiếng Việt | sự chuyển giao, lần chuyển giao |
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