Meaning of commitment in English

commitment

noun

/kəˈmɪt.mənt/ us

/kəˈmɪt.mənt/

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[ C or U ]

a promise or firm decision to do something:

Players must make a commitment to play for a full season.

Can you give a commitment that the money will be made available?

The government reaffirmed its commitment to the peace process.

The company has failed to honour its commitments.

Synonyms

assurance (PROMISE)
bond  (PROMISE)
guarantee 
oath (PROMISE)
pledge 
promise  (SAY CERTAINLY)
resolution (DETERMINATION) formal approving
undertaking (PROMISE) formal
vow 
word  (PROMISE)

B2 [ U ]

willingness to give your time and energy to a job, activity, or something that you believe in:

I'd like to thank the staff for having shown such commitment.

They don't want to promote me because they think I lack commitment.

She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.

Synonyms

determination (TRYING HARD)

resolve formal

B2 [ C ]

something that you must do or deal with that takes your time:

family/work commitments

I've got too many commitments at the moment to do an evening class.

Having a dog is a big commitment.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an appointment

appointmentI made a dentist's appointment for Monday morning.
reservationI have a reservation for 8 pm.
bookingUK I have a booking in the name of Smith.
commitmentI have no commitments tomorrow, so let’s meet up in the morning.

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Marriage is no longer always seen as a lifetime commitment.
Try the product at home with absolutely no commitment to buy.
She had a lifelong commitment to feminism.
In spite of the scale of the famine, the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment.
You're young and healthy and you have no commitments - you can do whatever you want.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making & breaking promises & commitments

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Trying and making an effort

Backing, supporting & defending

Duty, obligation and responsibility

(Definition of commitment from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

commitment | American Dictionary

commitment

noun [ C ]

/kəˈmɪt·mənt/

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a promise to give yourself, your money, your time, etc., to support or buy something:

Try the product for two weeks with no commitment to buy.

(Definition of commitment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

commitment | Business English

commitment

noun

/kəˈmɪtmənt/ us

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[ C or U ]

a promise or firm decision to do something, or the fact of promising something:

He was encouraged by the commitment of car manufacturers to improving dealer profitability.

The mayor also pleaded for a commitment to the city's request for $250 million in federal funds.

We will set an example to the rest of the public sector and business by making a commitment to buy recycled goods.

a strong/firm commitment

We can arrange for you to trial the equipment without commitment to buy.

[ C or U ]

an amount of money that you have to pay, or the fact of promising to pay:

It is unclear whether the regulator can force a foreign firm to honour its UK pension commitments.

We believe that a commitment of $25 million is a good investment for our policyholders.

[ U ]

the fact of being willing to give your time and energy to something:

He argued that an organization's communications are crucial in influencing staff understanding and commitment.

She is very bright, but she lacks commitment.

[ C ]

something that you must do or deal with that takes your time:

Jury service is a public duty that many of us would like to avoid, because of work or family commitments.

(Definition of commitment from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of commitment

commitment

Their participation, which is offered gratis, is based purely on their commitment to the development of science in the subregion.

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Table 6 shows that 60 per cent already had a strong commitment to teaching when they left school.

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Name training either taught some children that novel names should be mapped onto novel kinds or enhanced their commitment to this belief.

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The participants who did not manage their social commitments tended to avoid social contact.

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The commitment to interventional cardiology obviously varies from unit to unit.

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What was evident to him was a certain lack of understanding among actors about their obligation to writers and plays of social commitment.

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The associations of individual variation in well-being with both a person's ' temporal commitment ' to the area and to facets of their social integration are analysed.

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It is much more difficult to gauge the extent of national commitment.

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I am not arguing that all directed obligations are obligations of joint commitment.

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This article investigates the conditions which make it costly for governments to renege on institutional commitments governing monetary policy.

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The three examples considered internal factors, demonstrating how commitment to a thesis constrains interpretation of the evidence.

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Commitment to the scientific enterprise requires that we not accept claims about constraint, exaptation, or spandrel in the absence of evidence.

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The nature of their commitment changed as soon as they entered the war and several times thereafter, depending on their success.

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The indigenous heritage industry reacted to the repeated local resistance by withdrawing their commitment to the development of the site.

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The three men were knowledgeable, responsible, and hard-working, but what stands out even more is the intensity of their commitment to the search.

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Collocations with commitment

commitment

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binding commitment

Under the amendment, there is no binding commitment.

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continued commitment

Additional problems with continued commitment toward long-term organic activities included 'failure to follow-up' on initial organic activities.

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continuing commitment

Most election judges ruled that they did, citing the residence of the wife as a substantial and continuing commitment to the community.

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