How to pronounce "commit"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "commit"

Learn how to break down "commit" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

com-mit
2 syllables

Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/kəˈmɪt/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

K AH0 M IH1 T
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Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "commit"

Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪt/

Noun

  • The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.

Verb

  • To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
  • To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
  • To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
    Example: "Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!"
  • To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
    Example: "to commit a series of heinous crimes"
  • To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
  • To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
    Example: "to commit oneself to a certain action"
  • To make a set of changes permanent.
  • (Latinism) To confound.
  • To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
  • To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.

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