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Commit and Indicate

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

  • Be a signal for or a symptom of.
    • usage: "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
  • Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
    • usage: "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
  • To state or express briefly.
    • usage: "indicated his wishes in a letter"
  • Give evidence of.
    • usage: "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"
  • Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.
    • usage: "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"