committed
adjUK /kəˈmɪtɪd/ · US /kəˈmɪtɪd/
1
Obligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of action.
- I'm committed to walk(ing) at least 7 miles daily.
- As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.2009 March 10, Jon Caramanica, “Stepping to the Fore as a Backup Band”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022:
1 more example
- ‹Plan CM, meanwhile, is in motion. Sirleck took the bait, vampire mercenaries he can't call off are incoming... he's committed.›2017 April 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017:
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Showing commitment.
3
Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
4
Rhetoric Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
- Derived terms
- committed dose, committedly, committedness, noncommitted, precommitted, uncommitted
- Hyponyms
- fully committed, pot committed