committed

1. 1
   dedicatedadjective

   Showing strong dedication and loyalty to a cause, person, or activity.

   A committed environmentalist, she organized cleanups in three neighboring towns.

   The charity relies on a small group of deeply committed volunteers.

   UsageOften deeply or fully committed; committed to a cause, and before a verb usually the -ing form: committed to helping.

   Similardedicated, devoted, staunch, ardent, loyal

   Oppositeuncommitted, halfhearted, indifferent

2. 2
   gave oververb

   Simple past and past participle of commit.

   The board committed millions of dollars to the research program.

   He had committed the entire poem to memory by the end of the week.

   UsageSpelled with tt: committed (not incorrect: commited). For a pledge, committed herself to or simply committed to.

3. 3
   bound toadjective

   Bound to a particular course of action, position, or conclusion, whether by a pledge, an earlier decision, or the logic of what one has already accepted.

   By announcing the launch date publicly, the company was committed to shipping on time.

   Having taken out the loan, they were committed to years of repayment.

   UsageUsually committed to + noun or -ing (committed to shipping on time); it can also stand alone: we're committed now.

   Note

   Here the binding can come from circumstance as much as from a promise. In Dan Shive's El Goonish Shive (2017), Sirleck, who took the bait and cannot call off the incoming mercenaries, is simply committed, with nothing after the word. In a valid deductive argument, accepting the premises leaves you committed to the conclusion.

4. 4
   in a relationshipadjective

   Involved in an exclusive romantic relationship with one partner, though not necessarily a permanent one.

   Both of them were committed to each other long before they discussed marriage.

   He described himself as fully committed and uninterested in seeing anyone else.

   UsageUsually in a committed relationship, or committed to a partner or to each other.

   Similarmonogamous

   Oppositesingle, unattached

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