Definition of Committed

1. Adjective. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. "A committed Marxist"

Similar to: Bound Up, Wrapped Up, Pledged, Sworn
Derivative terms: Committedness
Antonyms: Uncommitted

2. Adjective. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
Exact synonyms: Attached
Similar to: Bespoken, Betrothed, Intended, Involved
Also: Loving
Antonyms: Unattached

Definition of Committed

1. Verb. (past of commit) ¹

2. Adjective. obligated by a pledge to some course of action ¹

3. Adjective. showing commitment ¹

4. Adjective. associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship ¹

5. Adjective. required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Committed

1. commit [v] - See also: commit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Committed

commitment-phobia
commitment-phobic
commitment of mentally ill
commitmentphobe
commitmentphobes
commitments
commitology
commits
commits suicide
committable
committal
committal service
committal to memory
committal to writing
committals
committed suicide
committedly
committedness
committee
committee meeting
committee member
committeeman
committeemen
committeepeople
committeeperson
committeepersons
committees
committeewoman
committeewomen

Literary usage of Committed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1865)
"Taken in a French vessel May 10, committed July 17, 1780. ... The following prisoners, taken and carried into Pembroke, 1778, committed to Mill Prison, ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"1564-5 he was once more committed to the Tower (Acts PC vii. 183). ... He was accordingly, on I'M July, committed to the custody of the bishop of ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is to be noted that according to the definition (1) blasphemy is set down as a word, for ordinarily it is expressed in speech, though it may be committed ..."

4. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"MORRICE Committed TO PRISON.—MOTION TO PETITION FOR RELEASE or ... 2 In the following June, the Great Seal was committed to the custody of Sir John ..."

5. Modern Judaism: Or, A Brief Account of the Opinions, Traditions, Rites by John Allen (1830)
"For the sins which we have committed against thee by despising our ' parents and teachers. And for the sin which we have committed ' against thee either ..."

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