committed
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 →
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 →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- 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 the corpora
- And they were haughty, and committed abomination before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it.
- None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
- And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.
- Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «committed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.