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Commit and Demonstrate

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

  • Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
    • usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
  • Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.
    • usage: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
  • Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.
    • usage: "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
  • March in protest; take part in a demonstration.
    • usage: "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"