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 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 →
- 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
- Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.
- 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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «committed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.