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RECOMMIT (recommitted, recommitting)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recommit mean?
• RECOMMIT (verb)
The verb RECOMMIT has 3 senses:
1. commit once again, as of a crime
Familiarity information: RECOMMIT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: recommitted
Past participle: recommitted
-ing form: recommitting
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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