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be committed to + V-ing

Band 7+task2speaking

to be dedicated to doing something and to intend to continue doing it

Examples

“The university is committed to promoting equal opportunities for students.”

“She is committed to improving her English through daily practice.”

“Countries must be committed to reducing carbon emissions to meet targets.”

Band 8 sentence

“The government must be committed to investing in renewable energy if it wants to meet long‑term sustainability goals.”

Collocations

  • be fully committed to
  • demonstrate/express commitment to

Word family

commit vcommitment ncommitted adj

Common mistakes

be committed to do→be committed to + V-ing

committed for + V-ing→committed to + V-ing

Say it for a higher band

5committed to do→6committed for doing→7+be committed to + V-ing

Synonyms

be dedicated to

be determined to

Easily confused

be dedicated to

“The charity is dedicated to improving living conditions in the region.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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