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Commit and Letter

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 written message addressed to a person or organization.
    • usage: "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
  • The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech.
    • usage: "his grandmother taught him his letters"
  • Owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire.
  • A strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention. )
    • usage: "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"
  • An award earned by participation in a school sport.
    • usage: "he won letters in three sports"

verb

  • Win an athletic letter.
  • Set down or print with letters.
  • Mark letters on or mark with letters. .