The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.
"After reviewing the changes, I decided to commit the update to the repository so everyone could see the new feature immediately."
In plain English: A commitment is a promise to do something or be somewhere at a specific time.
"The team faced a number of mistakes that led to their loss."
Usage: In technical contexts like software development and data management, a commit refers to the specific action of saving changes permanently to a system, such as pushing updated code to a repository or finalizing a database transaction. Use this noun when describing the recorded state of those saved changes rather than the general act of dedicating oneself to a cause or promise.
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
"perpetrate a crime"
"pull a bank robbery"
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
"She committed herself to the work of God"
"give one's talents to a good cause"
"consecrate your life to the church"
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
"After the second episode, she had to be committed"
"he was committed to prison"
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
"The captain committed the wounded sailor to the care of the ship's medic before turning his attention back to the battle."
In plain English: To commit means to promise to do something or to officially agree to take part in a plan.
"They decided to commit all their savings to buying a new house."
Usage: Use commit to describe placing something under someone's care or responsibility, such as committing a project to a manager. Do not use it to mean giving up hope or surrendering, which are distinct concepts in everyday language.
The word "commit" comes from the Middle English committen, which was borrowed from Latin where it originally meant to bring together or join things. It is formed by combining a prefix meaning "together" with a root meaning "to send," reflecting its early sense of giving something into someone's charge.