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Commit and Propose

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

  • Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
    • usage: "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
  • Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..
    • usage: "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
  • Propose or intend.
    • usage: "I aim to arrive at noon"
  • Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.
    • usage: "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
  • Ask (someone) to marry you.
    • usage: "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"