commitment: translation
noun
1 willingness to give time/energy to sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute, complete, full, total
▪ clear, deep, firm, genuine, great, passionate, real, serious, strong
▪ continued, continuing, lifelong, long-standing, long-term, ongoing, unwavering
▪ The company is making a long-term commitment to breaking into the American market.
▪ increased, increasing
▪ general, open-ended
▪ government, personal, professional, public
▪ emotional, ideological, moral, political, religious
… OF COMMITMENT
▪ degree, level
VERB + COMMITMENT
▪ give, make
▪ The president made a firm commitment to increasing spending on health.
▪ demonstrate, display, show
▪ to demonstrate a commitment to human rights
▪ lack
▪ affirm, reaffirm
▪ require, take
▪ Learning to play the violin requires strong commitment.
PREPOSITION
▪ commitment on
▪ The government avoided giving any commitments on spending.
▪ commitment to
▪ his lifelong commitment to the socialist cause
PHRASES
▪ a lack of commitment
2 a responsibility
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, considerable, major
▪ binding
▪ prior
▪ international, overseas
▪ business, domestic, family, financial, military, social, teaching, work
VERB + COMMITMENT
▪ have, take on
▪ I don't want to take on any more commitments.
▪ fulfil/fulfill, honour/honor, meet
▪ She can't meet her financial commitments.
▪ get out of, wriggle out of
▪ He is trying to wriggle out of his various domestic commitments.
PREPOSITION
▪ commitment on
▪ to honour/honor commitments on reduction of air pollution
3 agreeing to use money/time/people for sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy
▪ a heavy commitment of capital
▪ time
PREPOSITION
▪ commitment of
▪ The war on poverty requires a commitment of resources from the developing nations.