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語源

From commit +‎ -ment.

発音

• IPA: /kəˈmɪtmənt/
• (Canada) IPA: /kəˈmɪtmɪnt/
• ハイフネーション: com‧mit‧ment

名詞

commitment (countable and uncountable, plural commitments)

1. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
   1. The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
   2. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
2. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
   1. Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
3. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
4. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
   • 2020 November 23, Charles Hugh Smith, Why I'm Hopeful About 2021‎:

     Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased;
     it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.
     

5. Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
6. State of being pledged or engaged.
7. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

同意語

派生語

関連する語

• commit
• committal
• noncommittal

派生した語

• → Portuguese: cometimento

Further reading

• “commitment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “commitment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.