Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

v. - Send back to a committee; Commit again; Commit once again, as of a crime.

edit
Usage examples (38)
  • And just before that, he offered a motion to recommit, which is a very rare motion.
  • House, there's something called a motion to recommit, which is the minority's chance to tack stuff onto the bill at the last minute to try to pry votes away.
  • It has been used by both parties to offer motions to "recommit" or send back bills on the floor to the relevant committees.
  • I don't believe we had a legal authority to recommit.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.