3syllables
committed
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committed is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, committed is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofcommitted
1verb
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
- To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
Example: "Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!"
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
Example: "to commit a series of heinous crimes"
- To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
- To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
Example: "to commit oneself to a certain action"
- To make a set of changes permanent.
- (Latinism) To confound.
- To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
- To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
1adjective
- Obligated by a pledge to some course of action.
- Showing commitment.
- Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
- Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
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