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commit
commettre
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I. commit <pres part committing; pret, pp committed> [Brit kəˈmɪt, Am kəˈmɪt] VB trans
1. commit (perpetrate):
commit crime, offence, sin, sacrilege, error
to commit adultery
to commit perjury
2. commit (engage, promise):
commit person
engager (to do à faire)
3. commit (assign):
commit money, time
consacrer (to à)
4. commit LAW:
to commit sb for trial
to commit sb to a court for trial
5. commit (consign):
commit form
confier (to à, to sb's care à la garde de qn)
to commit sth to the flames
to commit sth to paper
to commit sth to memory
to commit sb's body to the deep
6. commit POL:
commit bill
II. to commit oneself VB refl
to commit oneself refl:
to commit oneself
s'engager (to sth à qc, to do à faire)
I can't or I won't commit myself
je ne peux rien promettre (as to quant à)
to commit oneself to sb
to commit hara-kiri
to commit perjury
to commit incest
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commit <-tt-> [kəˈmɪt] VB trans
1. commit (carry out):
commit
to commit suicide
2. commit (bind):
commit
3. commit (institutionalize):
commit prisoner
commit patient
to commit sb to prison/a hospital
4. commit (entrust):
commit
to commit sth to sb
confier qc à qn
to commit to memory
to commit to paper
OpenDict entry
commit VB
to commit oneself to doing sth
to commit perjury
to commit a blunder
French
French
English
English
commettre délit, attentat
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English
French
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commit <-tt-> [kə·ˈmɪt] VB trans
1. commit (carry out):
commit
to commit suicide
2. commit (bind):
commit
3. commit (institutionalize):
commit prisoner
commit patient
to commit sb to prison/a hospital
4. commit (entrust):
commit
to commit sth to sb
confier qc à qn
to commit to memory
to commit to paper
to commit perjury
to commit a blunder
to commit suicide
French
French
English
English
commettre délit, attentat
Present
Icommit
youcommit
he/she/itcommits
wecommit
youcommit
theycommit
Past
Icommitted
youcommitted
he/she/itcommitted
wecommitted
youcommitted
theycommitted
Present Perfect
Ihavecommitted
youhavecommitted
he/she/ithascommitted
wehavecommitted
youhavecommitted
theyhavecommitted
Past Perfect
Ihadcommitted
youhadcommitted
he/she/ithadcommitted
wehadcommitted
youhadcommitted
theyhadcommitted
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He committed suicide by jumping out of a hospital window.
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She makes several half-hearted attempts at suicide, including swimming far out to sea, before making a serious attempt.
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Feeling she has nothing left to live for, she attempts to commit suicide.
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It is a dark comedy, playing off the themes of suicide, angst, depression and promiscuity.
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The choice was in favour of suicide through "jauhar".
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