to commit

Examples

• All

• I want you to commit this man's face to memory.

  The Soldier (1982)

• I tried to commit them to memory.

  She Said (2022)

• Besides, I want to finish this thought and commit this idea to paper while it's still fresh.

  Academic text (1996)

• At the next class, George talked of the work as though he had committed it all to memory.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Two solutions can help students commit letters to memory.

  Academic text (2015)

• Commit the card to memory.

  The Magnificent Seven (2016)

• But some things that we experience are committed to memory, and some of our memories seem to us nearly indelible.

  Academic text (2012)

• Commit this list of periodicals to memory.

  A Beautiful Mind (2001)

• Commit to memory the last request of your beloved Antony.

  Cleopatra (1963)

• I will commit this important information to memory for the test next week.

Synonyms

W

to write down

vsto commit

538 1.1

Put information on paper to help you remember it later

also covers storing in memory directly not only saving information externally

M

to memorize

vsto commit

175 2.3

Learn something so you can remember it exactly

includes both memory and written recording rather than memory only

L

to learn

vsto commit

37 1.0

Remember words and facts so you can say them later

allows preserving by writing as well as keeping in memory

N

to note

vsto commit

24 1.3

To write something down so you do not forget it

includes both writing records and storing ideas inside memory

R

to retain

vsto commit

10 3.2

To keep facts or information in your memory

focuses on transferring into memory or writing rather than long term holding

Antonyms

F

to forget

∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

E

to erase

355 2.2

Remove all traces of something from memory or history

Phrasal Verbs

C

to commit crime

288 2.5

To do something against the law

C

to commit suicide

• NSFW

250 6.2

To kill yourself on purpose

C

to commit murder

• NSFW

126 5.4

To kill someone illegally

Compounds

P

pre-commit

• Specialized

7.1

A script that automatically checks code before it is added to a project's files

How Remembered

to memorize

175 2.3

to commit

14 4.2

to write down

538 1.1

to jot down

• Informal

33 2.9

to glance

300 1.5

Surface Forms

Etymology