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Commit and Copy

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.

noun

  • A reproduction of a written record (e. G. Of a legal or school record.
  • A thing made to be similar or identical to another thing.
    • usage: "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
  • Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials.
  • Material suitable for a journalistic account.
    • usage: "catastrophes make good copy"

verb

  • Copy down as is.
    • usage: "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"
  • Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
    • usage: "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
  • Reproduce or make an exact copy of.
    • usage: "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
  • Make a replica of.
    • usage: "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"