RECOMMIT (recommitted, recommitting)

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Irregular inflected forms: recommitted    , recommitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does recommit mean? 

• RECOMMIT (verb)
  The verb RECOMMIT has 3 senses:

1. commit once again, as of a crime

2. commit again

3. send back to a committee

  Familiarity information: RECOMMIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOMMIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recommit    ... he / she / it recommits   
Past simple: recommitted   
Past participle: recommitted   
-ing form: recommitting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commit once again, as of a crime

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

commit; perpetrate; pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Commit again

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

It was recommitted into her custody

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Send back to a committee

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The bill was recommitted three times in the House

Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):

refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

 Context examples 

Sometimes being uprooted can be positive, for it makes us reexamine our decisions and allows us either to passionately  recommit to our original goals or leave them and make new ones.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)