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Commit and Adjust

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
    • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • Confer a trust upon.
    • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • Make an investment.
    • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • Engage in or perform.
    • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

verb

  • Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
    • usage: "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
  • Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.
    • usage: "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
  • Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
    • usage: "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
  • Make correspondent or conformable.
    • usage: "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
  • Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim. .
(DoD) An order to the observer or spotter to initiate an adjustment on a designated target.