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commettre

to commit (a crime or error)

verb koh-MEH-truh Less Common

Usage Note

Commettre is used almost exclusively with wrongs — crimes, mistakes, blunders, or sins: commettre une erreur, commettre un meurtre. It is conjugated like mettre (irregular). You would not use it for a positive commitment; that idea uses s'engager instead.

Examples

"Il a commis une grave erreur."

Natural Translation

He committed a serious mistake.

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