commitment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From commit + -ment.
Base: commit
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: commitments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: State of being pledged or engaged.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: allegiance
charge
committal
consignment
dedication
devoir
duty
engagement
guarantee
liability
loyalty
must
need
oath
obligation
ought
pledge
promise
responsibility
undertaking
vow
word
Related words: commit
committal
noncommittal
Derived words: acceptance and commitment therapy
commitmentless
commitment-phobe
commitmentphobia
commitment-phobic
commitmentphobic
commitment ring
decommitment
noncommitment
overcommitment
precommitment
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: абавяза́цельства
roman: abavjazácjelʹstva
lang: Bulgarian
word: обвързване
roman: obvǎrzvane
lang: Bulgarian
word: ангажимент
roman: angažiment
lang: Catalan
word: compromís
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 託付 /托付
roman: tuōfù
lang: Dutch
word: inzet
lang: Dutch
word: verbintenis
lang: Finnish
word: sitouttaminen
lang: Finnish
word: velvoittaminen
lang: German
word: Einsatz
lang: German
word: Engagement
lang: German
word: Zusage
lang: Hebrew
word: התחייבות
roman: hitkhayvút
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिबद्धता
roman: pratibaddhatā
lang: Indonesian
word: komitmen
lang: Italian
word: impegno
lang: Italian
word: dedizione
lang: Malay
word: iltizam
lang: Māori
word: rurukutanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overlatelse
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: overlating
lang: Polish
word: zaangażowanie
lang: Polish
word: zobowiązanie
lang: Portuguese
word: compromisso
lang: Portuguese
word: cometimento
lang: Russian
word: вруче́ние
roman: vručénije
lang: Spanish
word: compromiso
lang: Arabic
word: التزام
lang: Azerbaijani
word: öhdəlik
lang: Bulgarian
word: обещание
roman: obeštanie
lang: Catalan
word: compromís
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 承諾 /承诺
roman: chéngnuò
lang: Dutch
word: verbintenis
lang: Dutch
word: verplichting
lang: Finnish
word: sitoumus
lang: French
word: engagement
lang: German
word: Verbindlichkeit
lang: German
word: Obligo
lang: German
word: Verpflichtung
lang: German
word: Zusage
lang: Hebrew
word: מחויבות
roman: mekhuyavút
lang: Hebrew
word: התחייבות
roman: hitkhayvút
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिबद्धता
roman: pratibaddhatā
lang: Hindi
word: आश्वासन
roman: āśvāsan
lang: Indonesian
word: komitmen
lang: Italian
word: impegno
lang: Italian
word: promessa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: forpliktelse
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: forplikting
lang: Polish
word: zobowiązanie
lang: Portuguese
word: compromisso
lang: Portuguese
word: promessa
lang: Russian
word: обяза́тельство
roman: objazátelʹstvo
lang: Russian
word: обеща́ние
roman: obeščánije
lang: Spanish
word: compromiso
lang: Spanish
word: promesa
lang: Spanish
word: acuerdo
lang: Swedish
word: åtagande
lang: Ukrainian
word: зобов'я́зання
roman: zobovʺjázannja