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Meaning of commits

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

commits

Pronunciation:/kəˈmɪts/

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.

verb

Definitions

  1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

  2. To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.

  3. To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.

    Example: Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!

  4. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

    Example: to commit a series of heinous crimes