commit to paper/writing

commit to paper/writing
commit (something) to paper/writing
: to write (something) down

She committed her thoughts to writing.

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Main Entry:commit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • commit something to paper/writing — commit (something) to paper/writing : to write (something) down She committed her thoughts to writing. • • • Main Entry: ↑commit …   Useful english dictionary

  • commit something to paper — commit something to paper/writing/formal phrase to write something on paper Thesaurus: to write somethingsynonym Main entry: commit …   Useful english dictionary

  • commit — [kə mit′] vt. committed, committing [ME committen < L committere, to bring together, commit < com , together + mittere, to send: see MISSION] 1. to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign [we commit his fame to… …   English World dictionary

  • commit — com|mit [ kə mıt ] verb *** ▸ 1 do something illegal/wrong ▸ 2 (make someone) agree to something ▸ 3 say something/someone will be used ▸ 4 send someone to prison ▸ 5 in relationships ▸ 6 state someone is mentally ill ▸ 7 put someone/something in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • commit */*/*/ — UK [kəˈmɪt] / US verb Word forms commit : present tense I/you/we/they commit he/she/it commits present participle committing past tense committed past participle committed Get it right: commit: Don t write the ed and ing forms of commit with only …   English dictionary

  • Commit — Com*mit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; used with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • commit — [[t]kəmɪ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ commits, committing, committed 1) VERB If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad. [V n] I have never committed any crime... [V n] This is a man who has committed murder. [V n] ...the temp …   English dictionary

  • writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or… …   Universalium

  • writing — /ˈraɪtɪŋ/ (say ruyting) noun 1. the act of someone or something that writes. 2. the state of being written; written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like. 4. such… …  

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