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RECOMMIT (recommitted, recommitting)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: recommitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, recommitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does recommit mean? 

RECOMMIT (verb)
  The verb RECOMMIT has 3 senses:

1. commit once again, as of a crimeplay

2. commit againplay

3. send back to a committeeplay

  Familiarity information: RECOMMIT used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECOMMIT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they recommit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it recommits  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: recommitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: recommitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: recommitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Commit once again, as of a crime

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

commit; perpetrate; pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Commit again

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

It was recommitted into her custody

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody


Sense 3

Meaning:

Send back to a committee

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The bill was recommitted three times in the House

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody


 Context examples 


Sometimes being uprooted can be positive, for it makes us reexamine our decisions and allows us either to passionately  recommit to our original goals or leave them and make new ones.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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