to commit
- verb
- /kəˈmɪt/
- Ghosn had long since committed it to memory, but there was no description for anything like this.
- commit to memory
- commit to paper
OK, the squeezy tube is the conditioner, the bottle is the shampoo. Got it committed to memory. That night I go to take a shower
- OK, the squeezy tube is the conditioner, the bottle is the shampoo. Got it committed to memory. That night I go to take a shower
- I have to write it out to commit something to memory.
Examples
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I want you to commit this man's face to memory.
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I tried to commit them to memory.
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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.
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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.
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Commit to memory the last request of your beloved Antony.
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I will commit this important information to memory for the test next week.
Synonyms
Remember words and facts so you can say them later
Put information on paper to help you remember it later
Learn something so you can remember it exactly
To write something down so you do not forget it
To keep facts or information in your memory
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A script that automatically checks code before it is added to a project's files
How Remembered
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Commit comes from Latin committere, with com- 'together' and mittere 'to send', and it also took the sense of 'put into safe keeping'. So to commit words to memory is to 'send' them into your mind so you will keep and remember them.