resolveformal
B2[ C ]
something that you must do or deal with that takes your time: 必须做（或处理）的事情
family/work commitments家庭义务／工作任务
I've got too many commitments at the moment to do an evening class.我眼下要做的事情太多，没时间晚上上课。
Having a dog is a big commitment.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an appointment
appointmentI made a dentist's appointment for Monday morning.
reservationI have a reservation for 8 pm.
bookingUKI have a booking in the name of Smith.
commitmentI have no commitments tomorrow, so let’s meet up in the morning.
Marriage is no longer always seen as a lifetime commitment.婚姻已不再被看作是终生的承诺。
Try the product at home with absolutely no commitment to buy.
She had a lifelong commitment to feminism.她毕生都致力于女权运动。
In spite of the scale of the famine, the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment.
You're young and healthy and you have no commitments - you can do whatever you want.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making & breaking promises & commitments
assurance
be on your honouridiom
bond
breach of contract
commit someone to something
committed
cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
deliver on something
fink
fink out
oath
pact
pledge
promises, promises!idiom
promisor
promissory
repledge
restrictive covenant
sworn
vow

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Trying and making an effort
Backing, supporting & defending
Duty, obligation and responsibility

commitment | American Dictionary

commitment
noun[ C ]
us/kəˈmɪt·mənt/
a promise to give yourself, your money, your time, etc., to support or buy something:
Try the product for two weeks with no commitment to buy.

commitment | Business English

commitment
noun
uk /kəˈmɪtmənt/us
[ C or U ]
a promise or firm decision to do something, or the fact of promising something:
He was encouraged by the commitment of car manufacturers to improving dealer profitability.
The mayor also pleaded for a commitment to the city's request for $250 million in federal funds.
We will set an example to the rest of the public sector and business by making a commitment to buy recycled goods.
a strong/firm commitment
We can arrange for you to trial the equipment without commitment to buy.
[ C or U ]
an amount of money that you have to pay, or the fact of promising to pay:
It is unclear whether the regulator can force a foreign firm to honour its UK pension commitments.
We believe that a commitment of $25 million is a good investment for our policyholders.
[ U ]
the fact of being willing to give your time and energy to something:
He argued that an organization's communications are crucial in influencing staff understanding and commitment.
She is very bright, but she lacks commitment.
[ C ]
something that you must do or deal with that takes your time:
Jury service is a public duty that many of us would like to avoid, because of work or family commitments.

Examples of commitment

commitment
Their participation, which is offered gratis, is based purely on their commitment to the development of science in the subregion.
Table 6 shows that 60 per cent already had a strong commitment to teaching when they left school.
Name training either taught some children that novel names should be mapped onto novel kinds or enhanced their commitment to this belief.
The participants who did not manage their social commitments tended to avoid social contact.
Other time commitments reduce a senior's ability to do household tasks.
The commitment to interventional cardiology obviously varies from unit to unit.
What was evident to him was a certain lack of understanding among actors about their obligation to writers and plays of social commitment.
The associations of individual variation in well-being with both a person's ' temporal commitment ' to the area and to facets of their social integration are analysed.
It is much more difficult to gauge the extent of national commitment.
I am not arguing that all directed obligations are obligations of joint commitment.
This article investigates the conditions which make it costly for governments to renege on institutional commitments governing monetary policy.
The three examples considered internal factors, demonstrating how commitment to a thesis constrains interpretation of the evidence.
Commitment to the scientific enterprise requires that we not accept claims about constraint, exaptation, or spandrel in the absence of evidence.
The nature of their commitment changed as soon as they entered the war and several times thereafter, depending on their success.
The indigenous heritage industry reacted to the repeated local resistance by withdrawing their commitment to the development of the site.
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Collocations withcommitment

commitment

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binding commitment
Under the amendment, there is no bindingcommitment.
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