commitment
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Kanada//kəˈmɪtmɪnt//
- //kəˈmɪtmənt//
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
Substantiv
- 1
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- 2
The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- 3
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially
- 4
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially: Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- 5
Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
- 6
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased; it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.
- 7
Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- 8
State of being pledged or engaged.
- 9
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
Herkunft
From commit + -ment.
Formen
- Plural
- commitments
commitment · The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
committed · Obligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of…committee · A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment…committing · The act by which something is committed.