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commitment

noun

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
T
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
18
CEFR level
A2

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noun

  1. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

noun

  1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

    “his long commitment to public service”

noun

  1. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

    “his business commitments took him to London”

noun

  1. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

    “a man of energy and commitment”

noun

  1. a message that makes a pledge

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Example Sentences

his long commitment to public service
they felt no loyalty to a losing team
his business commitments took him to London
a man of energy and commitment

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