committing

/kəˈmɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/kəˈmɪt/

kəˈmɪt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

kə - ˈmɪt -> committing

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ကျူးလွန်နေ

Full entry

commit /kǝ'mÇt/ v (-tt- )

၁။ ကျူးလွန်သည်။
commit murder/suicide/theft.
၂။ (က) ~ sb to sth (ဆေးရုံ၊ အကျဉ်းထောင် သို့) ပို့သည်။ commit a patient to a psychiatric hospital ❍ commit a man to prison.
(ခ) ~ sth to sth ရေးမှတ်သည်။ မှတ်သားသည်။ commit sth to paper/to writing (ie write sth down) ❍ commit a list to memory.
၃။ ~ sb/oneself (to sth/to doing sth) (ပြန်ပြင်၍မရအောင်) ကတိလွန်ပြီး ဖြစ်သည်။ ဆုံးဖြတ်ပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ အာမခံပြီးဖြစ်သည်။
I can't come on Sunday: I'm already committed (ie I have arranged to do sth else). ❍ commit oneself to a course of action ❍ Signing this form commits you to buying the goods. ❍ The company has committed funds to an advertising campaign. ❍ He has committed himself to support his brother's children.
၄။ ~ oneself (on sth)
အသေအချာ အခိုင်အမာပြောသည်။
I asked her what she thought, but she refused to commit herself. Compare NON-COMMITTAL
၅။ ~ sb for sth (စစ်ဆေးရန်)အထက်ရုံး သို့ ပို့သည်။ The magistrates committed him for trial at the Old Bailey.
❏ commitment n
၁။ [C] ~ (to sth/to do sth) ကတိပေး ပြီးသော အလုပ်။ I will honour my existing commitments but am reluctant to take on any more work at present. ❍ a commitment to pay £100 to charity.
၂။ [U] ~ (to sth) (approv ) (အလုပ်၌)နှစ်မြှုပ်ထားခြင်း။ We're looking for someone with a real sense of commitment to the job.
၃။ [U] ~ (to sth) ပို့သည်။ ပေးသည်။ the commitment of a patient to a mental hospital ❍ the commitment of funds to medicine.
❏ committal /kǝ'mÇtl/ n [U] (အထူးသဖြင့်) အကျဉ်းထောင်သို့ ပို့ခြင်း။ At the committal proceedings the police withdrew their case.
❏ committed adj (usu approv ) ပီသသော။ စစ်စစ်။ a committed Christian/doctor/teacher/communist. Compare UNCOMMITTED

More examples

[commit a crime/an offence] : The study aims to find out what makes people commit crimes.
[commit murder/a robbery etc] : Conspiracy to commit murder
[commit adultery] : He had admitted to committing adultery.
[commit suicide] : Reports suggest that the singer committed suicide.
[commit someone to (doing) something] : The agreement commits them to a minimum number of performances per year.
[commit to (doing) something] : He would have to commit to spending several thousand pounds.
I do not want to commit to any particular date.
He’s not ready to commit.
[commit something to something] : They’ll have to commit more money to the project if it’s to succeed.
[commit someone to something] : The judge committed the men to prison for contempt of court.

Synonyms

entrust, give, consign, place, hand over, assign, commend, accomplish, achieve, act, allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, bind, carry out, cause, charge, commission, compel, complete, confer trust, confide, constrain, contravene, convey, dedicate, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, designate, destine, devote, dispatch, do, earmark, effectuate, employ, empower, enact, engage, execute, give to do, go for broke, go in for, go out for, grant authority, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, obligate, oblige, offend, offer, ordain, perform, perpetrate, pledge, promise, pull, pull off, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, require, reserve, scandalize, send, shift, sin, submit, transfer, transgress, trespass, turn over, turn over to, vest, violate, wreak

Antonyms

abstain, behave, cancel, cease, compliment, conceal, deny, desist, disallow, disapprove, dissuade, end, fail, fix, give up, hide, idle, keep, keep from, leave, let go, loaf, miss, neglect, obey, refuse, reject, release, remain, rest, retain, retract, stay, stop, take, wait, withhold