| caretaker | | |
| n. (person) | 1. caretaker | a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person). |
| ~ concierge | a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter. |
| ~ custodian, keeper, steward | one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals. |
| ~ sacristan, sexton | an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects. |
| ~ super, superintendent | a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector. |
| ~ verger | a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies. |
| n. (person) | 2. caretaker | an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily.; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected" |
| ~ functionary, official | a worker who holds or is invested with an office. |
| commit | | |
| v. (social) | 1. commit, perpetrate, pull | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ make | carry out or commit.; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" |
| ~ recommit | commit once again, as of a crime. |
| v. (communication) | 2. commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" |
| ~ vow, consecrate | dedicate to a deity by a vow. |
| ~ give | offer in good faith.; "He gave her his word" |
| ~ rededicate | dedicate anew.; "They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| ~ apply | apply oneself to.; "Please apply yourself to your homework" |
| v. (possession) | 3. charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| ~ hospitalise, hospitalize | admit into a hospital.; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" |
| v. (possession) | 4. commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| ~ commend | give to in charge.; "I commend my children to you" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ consign, charge | give over to another for care or safekeeping.; "consign your baggage" |
| ~ recommit | commit again.; "It was recommitted into her custody" |
| ~ obligate | commit in order to fulfill an obligation.; "obligate money" |
| v. (possession) | 5. commit, invest, place, put | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ fund | invest money in government securities. |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ roll over | re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security.; "She rolled over her IRA" |
| ~ shelter | invest (money) so that it is not taxable. |
| ~ tie up | invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes.; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments" |
| ~ job, speculate | invest at a risk.; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" |
| ~ buy into | buy stocks or shares of a company. |
| v. (social) | 6. commit, practice | engage in or perform.; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" |
| ~ engage, pursue, prosecute | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| depend | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. depend | be contingent upon (something that is elided).; "That depends" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ hang by a hair, hang by a thread | depend on a small thing or be at risk.; "His life now hangs by a thread" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon | have faith or confidence in.; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| entrust | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| recommend | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (communication) | 2. commend, recommend | express a good opinion of. |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (change) | 3. recommend | make attractive or acceptable.; "Honesty recommends any person" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| rely | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. bank, rely, swear, trust | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| ~ lean | rely on for support.; "We can lean on this man" |
| ~ depend, bet, reckon, calculate, count, look | have faith or confidence in.; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" |
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