committed
- adjective
- /kəˈmɪtɪd/
- I want you to know I am committed to this process.
- more committed
- less committed
- deeply committed
Like these people are like committed to the cause of Israel.
- Like these people are like committed to the cause of Israel.
- Will I want to stay committed to this for three years?
- This is years and years and years of committed work to this.
- I am a guy that's committed to doing the work.
- Like you are committed to this thing.
- Like I'm not totally committed to the lifestyle of it.
- Your friends aren't around because you are committed to this build up.
- Do you agree that if you're committed, you can find an answer?
- And I think Jesse was in a different way committed to that happening.
- I feel great and I'm committed to my physicality.
- But going back, you were committed to Southern Cal.
- Is that, like, as long as I'm committed to being honest?
- I can go back to my day job fully committed and not distracted.
Examples
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She seems quite committed to the idea.
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A natural question arises: Who is more committed to the cause of unity?
Academic text (2011) -
Like these people are like committed to the cause of Israel.
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Will I want to stay committed to this for three years?
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And I just hope that we can be committed enough in the long run.
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And then the question is, are you committed enough to work to meet those needs?
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No one has been more committed than I have.
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We are very committed to making this work.
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In turn, she proved herself to be a committed and capable administrator.
Academic text (1992) -
She is committed to improving her community through volunteer work.
Synonyms
Always supporting a person or group, especially in hard times
Wanting strongly to do something and not giving up
Giving a lot of time and care to a job or cause
Loyal and steady in support of a person, group, or idea
Being very loyal and giving a lot of time and care to someone or something
Determined to do something and not likely to change
Having promised to do or support something and not break that promise
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Committed comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and mittere 'to send', the same root you see in mission. It originally meant 'to give something into someone's care', so being committed to a cause means you have 'given yourself' to it and work for it with steady loyalty.