(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~s a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
I have never ~ted any crime...
This is a man who has ~ted murder.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If someone ~s suicide, they deliberately kill themselves.
There are unconfirmed reports he tried to ~ suicide.
VERB: V n
3.
If you ~ money or resources to something, you decide to use them for a particular purpose.
They called on Western nations to ~ more money to the poorest nations...
He should not ~ American troops without the full consent of Congress.
VERB: V n to/for n/-ing, V n
4.
If you ~ yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it. If you ~ yourself to someone, you decide that you want to have a long-term relationship with them.
I would advise people to think very carefully about ~ting themselves to working Sundays...
I’d like a friendship that might lead to something deeper, but I wouldn’t want to ~ myself too soon...
You don’t have to ~ to anything over the phone.
VERB: V pron-refl to -ing/n, V pron-refl, V to n, also V n to n
~ted
He said the government remained ~ted to peace.
...a ~ted socialist.
ADJ: oft ADJ to n/-ing
5.
If you do not want to ~ yourself on something, you do not want to say what you really think about it or what you are going to do.
It isn’t their diplomatic style to ~ themselves on such a delicate issue...
She didn’t want to ~ herself one way or the other.
VERB: with brd-neg, V pron-refl on n, V pron-refl
6.
If someone is ~ted to a hospital, prison, or other institution, they are officially sent there for a period of time.
Arthur’s drinking caused him to be ~ted to a psychiatric hospital.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n, also be V-ed
7.
In the British legal system, if someone is ~ted for trial, they are sent by magistrates to stand trial in a crown court.
He is expected to be ~ted for trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n
8.
If you ~ something to paper or to writing, you record it by writing it down. If you ~ something to memory, you learn it so that you will remember it.
She had not ~ted anything to paper about it...
I’ll repeat that so you can ~ it to memory.
VERB: V n to n, V n to n