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RECOMMIT
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Irregular inflected forms: recommitted , recommitting
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they recommit ... he / she / it recommits
Past simple: recommitted
Past participle: recommitted
-ing form: recommitting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Send back to a committee
Example:
The bill was recommitted three times in the House
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "recommit" is one way to...):
refer (send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Commit again
Example:
It was recommitted into her custody
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
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:
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
