ADJ
- absolute, complete, full, total
- clear, deep, firm, genuine, great, passionate, real, serious, strong
- continued, continuing, increased, increasing, lifelong, long-term, ongoing
- general, open-ended
- government, personal, professional, public
- emotional, ideological, moral, political, religious
VERB + COMMITMENT
- give, make
- The prime minister made a firm commitment to increasing spending on health
- demonstrate, display, show
- to demonstrate a commitment to human rights
- lack
- affirm, reaffirm
- require
- Learning to play the violin requires strong commitment
- gain
- The government has managed to gain the commitment of employers to the scheme
PREP
- ~ on
- The government avoided giving any commitments on pensions
- ~ to
- his lifelong commitment to the socialist cause
ADJ
- 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, honour, 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
PREP
- ~ on
- to honour commitments on reduction of air pollution
ADJ
- heavy
- a heavy commitment of capital