[kəˈmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act)
(e.g: he committed an uncharacteristic error)

- pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy
(e.g: they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion)

- transfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved)
(e.g: he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’