commitment
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
a man of energy and commitment
Types & categories
- serious-mindedness hypernym
- investment hyponym
Related & opposite
- committed derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
his long commitment to public service
Types & categories
- cooperation hypernym
- communalism hyponym
- consecration hyponym
- devotion hyponym
- enlistment hyponym
- faith hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
his business commitments took him to London
Types & categories
- participation hypernym
- incurrence hyponym
Related & opposite
- invest derivation
Sense 4 noun
a message that makes a pledge
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- oath hyponym
- affirmation hyponym
- promise hyponym
- assurance hyponym
Related & opposite
- dedicate derivation
Sense 5 noun
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Types & categories
- confinement hypernym
Related & opposite
- consign derivation
- institutionalize derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | committed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | serious-mindedness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | investment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dedicate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegiant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cooperation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | communalism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consecration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | devotion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enlistment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | faith |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invest |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | participation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | incurrence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dedicate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oath |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | affirmation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | promise |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | assurance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consign |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutionalize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | confinement |