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verb

commit

CEFR B1

to do something wrong or illegal, such as a crime, a foul or a mistake

In a sentence

Six example sentences with commit, each labelled with its topic.

  • Do not commit a foul in the final seconds when the other team is already shooting well from the line.

    Basketball

  • Rookies commit the same blunder every match, pushing the lane alone while their teammates are still respawning.

    Gaming

  • The narrator confesses he will commit one small deception, then spends three hundred pages regretting the consequences.

    Literature

  • A driver who commits a parking offense on private land may still be fined under the town's bylaw.

    Law

  • The candidate committed a gaffe on live television, mixing up the names of two neighboring towns.

    Politics

  • Even careful labs commit small errors of rounding, which is why the journal asks for every raw figure.

    Science

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