commitment
pronunciation
How to pronounce commitment in British English:
UK [kəˈmɪtmənt]
How to pronounce commitment in American English:
US [kəˈmɪtmənt]
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- Noun:
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- a message that makes a pledge
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Word Origin
- commitment (n.)
- 1610s, "action of officially consigning to the custody of the state," from commit + -ment. (Anglo-French had commettement.) Meaning "the committing of oneself, pledge, promise" is attested from 1793; hence, "an obligation, an engagement" (1864).
Example
- 1. First is the commitment to open-ended bond purchases .
- 2. Love is a choice and it represents a commitment .
- 3. We want oil companies to have a strong culture of engineering professionalism and commitment to health and safety .
- 4. The company has an enormous commitment to gs university , its in-house global training and development arm .
- 5. Nato 's practical commitment is cheap and minimal : just four foreign fighter aircraft , based in lithuania .