committing
コミットする
解説 Definition
committing は commit（約束する、専念する、犯す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ここでは「コミットする」として、何かに責任を持って取り組む、または決めたことに専念している意味で使います。
Committing here means making a firm decision to devote oneself, one’s time, or other resources to a project, goal, or regular activity. It is the present participle or gerund of commit and is commonly followed by to and a noun or gerund.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
committing は commit「責任を持って取り組む」に -ing を付けた形です。commit は後半に強勢があり、短母音の後の語末 t を重ねて commit → committing とします。発音は /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/。commit to a project、commit oneself to practice の型で専念する姿を覚えましょう。
Committing is the -ing form of commit. Because the final syllable is stressed and ends in a single consonant after a short vowel, the final t is doubled before -ing: commit → committing. It is pronounced /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/, with the base pronunciation followed by /ɪŋ/. For this sense, learn the patterns commit to a project, commit time to study, and commit oneself to daily practice. Imagine deliberately placing your effort into a goal and accepting responsibility for continuing. Do not confuse this constructive sense with commit a crime, which uses the same verb differently.
例文
She is committing to the new project.
彼女は新しいプロジェクトに本気で取り組んでいます。
We are committing more time to study.
私たちは勉強にもっと時間を注いでいます。
He is committing himself to daily practice.
彼は毎日の練習に打ち込んでいます。
committing の類義語・関連語
committing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 committere（com-「共に」+ mittere「送る」）が語源。「一緒に送り出す→委ねる→専念する」と意味が変化した。同じ語根を持つ mission（使命）や commission（委任）も「送る」が核にある。何かに自分を「送り込む」イメージで覚えるとよい。
Committing is formed from commit by doubling the final t and adding -ing. Commit entered English through French and Latin committere, built from com-, “together,” and mittere, “to send.” Its meanings developed through ideas such as joining, entrusting, and placing something in another’s charge. From “entrust” came the modern sense of binding oneself or devoting resources to a purpose. Words such as mission and commission share the Latin element related to sending.
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