commit

kəˈmɪt
committedcommitting
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Translation of commit into French

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Verb

tr.
1.

crime

do something bad like a crime or sin
  • He committed a serious crime last year.Il a commis un crime grave l'année dernière.
2.

commitment

pledge or bind to a certain course
  • He committed himself to improving his skills..Il s'est engagé à améliorer ses compétences.
3.

institution

US
officially send someone to a hospital or prison
US
  • The judge committed him to a mental institution.Le juge l'a interné dans un hôpital psychiatrique.
4.

entrust

give in trust or charge to someone
  • She committed the keys to her neighbor.Elle a confié les clés à sa voisine.
5.

technology

TECH.
make a set of changes permanent in computing
TECH.
  • He committed the changes to the database.Il a validé les modifications dans la base de données.
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Expressions with commit: examples in English and translations in French

mémoriser
apprendre par cœur
He committed the speech to memory before the presentation.
assassiner
He was arrested because he tried to commit murder.
s'engager dans un projet
She decided to commit to a project for the next six months.
mémoriser
retenir
She committed the poem to memory for the recital.
s'engager à
They commit to doing regular safety checks on all equipment.
commettre un adultère
commettre l'adultère
He was accused of committing adultery with his colleague.

Synonyms and analogies of commit in English

Examples of commit in a sentence

  • He committed an offense against the law.
  • She committed to the new project with enthusiasm.
  • They committed their resources to the charity.
  • They decided to commit her to the local hospital.
  • He was committed to prison after the trial.
  • The captain committed the vessel to an experienced pilot.

Translations of "commit" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
commettrev.

The quest for immortality has often driven kings to commit terrible deeds.

La quête de l'immortalité a souvent mené des rois à commettre des actes terribles.

s'engagerv.

Her hesitation to commit made the relationship appear doomed to fail.

Son hésitation à s'engager faisait paraître la relation vouée à l'échec.

engagerv.

Before I commit, I'll wait and see what my friends plan to do.

Avant de m'engager, je vais voir ce que mes amis prévoient de faire.

consacrerv.

And commit a little time each day to those to promote.

Et consacrer un peu de temps chaque jour à promouvoir ceux-ci.

fairev.

The criminals could not commit their dirty deeds without their help.

Les criminels ne pourraient pas faire leurs sales besognes sans leur aide.

Noun
commisnm.

Nobody wants to be charged with a crime they didn't commit.

Personne ne veut être inculpé pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis.

commitnm.

As always, you can see the commit history for this post.

Comme toujours, vous pouvez voir le commit history for this post.

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commit: Examples and translations in context

Stories about monsters often reflect real-life individuals who commit cruel acts.

Les histoires de monstres reflètent souvent des individus réels qui commettent des actes cruels.

In religion, people often repeat that it is forbidden to commit adultery.

En religion, on répète souvent qu'il est interdit de commettre l'adultère.

Hatred can blind an entire people and drive them to commit the irreparable.

La haine peut aveugler un peuple entier et le pousser à commettre l'irréparable.

The thief tried to clone the magstripe to commit fraud.

Le voleur a tenté de cloner la bande magnétique pour commettre une fraude.

A malevolent being preyed on weak-minded people, pushing them to commit cruel acts.

Un être maléfique manipulait les esprits faibles, les poussant à commettre des actes cruels.

Therefore, they can commit all sorts of atrocities, laughing.

Dès lors, ils peuvent commettre toutes sortes d'atrocités en riant.

It can be very tempting and easy to commit multiples mistakes.

Il peut être très tentant et facile de commettre de multiples erreurs.

They used me as an instrument to try to commit genocide.

Ils se sont servi de moi pour tenter de commettre un génocide.

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