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

  • (..) Leather casts, hand cuffs... Please lose tape. - And whats others? - Cable ties? Can I just say how impressed I am with your commitment to this meeting? And in that spirit, I'm gonna offer something sweeter. How about, once a week, on a night of your choosing, we go on a date. (..)
    2015 Fifty Shades of Grey