Examples of “commit” in a Sentence

verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.

• He was arrested for committing fraud.
• She admitted to committing an error in the report.
• Anyone who commits an offense on the train may be fined.

verb To pledge or bind oneself to a course of action.

• They committed to finishing the project by June.
• I can't commit to a weekly class when my shifts keep changing.
• The couple decided to commit themselves fully to raising their children abroad.

verb To save a set of changes permanently, especially in software or version control.

• Don't forget to commit your changes before you push to the repository.
• She committed the bug fix with a short note explaining what had changed.
• Our team tries to commit small changes often rather than one huge update.