commitment

Definition

  • noun: a promise to do or give something
  • noun: an act of committing to a charge or trust
  • usually + 'to'
  • synonyms: abandon, activity, affair

Examples

  • It's been a struggle to balance my professional and family 'commitments'. [=to do both what I have promised to do for my job and what I have promised to do for my family]

  • I can't coach my daughter's basketball team. I have too many 'commitments' already. [=I have too many things that I have promised to do]

  • Opening your own business requires a significant 'financial commitment'. [=it requires you to spend a lot of money over a long time]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Hope to die. Okay. May my friends and family, witness this act. an irrevocable promise to my commitment, that... Fuck it. I promise not to touch this shit ever again. Okay. Let's play cold turkey. (..)
    2013 Evil Dead