committed

Meanings

Verb

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  • "She committed herself to the work of God"
• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
  • "After the second episode, she had to be committed"
  • "he was committed to prison"
• confer a trust upon
• make an investment
• engage in or perform
• simple past and past participle of commit

Adjective

• bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
  • "committed church members"
  • "a committed Marxist"
• associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

Adj

• Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, 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.

Synonyms

attached, charge, commit, confide, consecrate, dedicate, devote, entrust, give, institutionalise, institutionalize, intrust, invest, perpetrate, place, practice, pull, put, send, trust

Antonyms

divest, unattached, uncommitted