"commit to memory" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kəˈmɪts tu ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/ Forms: commits to memory [present, singular, third-person], committing to memory [participle, present], committed to memory [participle, past], committed to memory [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++*}} commit to memory (third-person singular simple present commits to memory, present participle committing to memory, simple past and past participle committed to memory)
  1. To learn by heart, to memorize. Translations (to learn by heart): لەبەرکدن (leberkdin) (Central Kurdish), opetella ulkoa (Finnish), apprendre par cœur (French), edisco (Latin), išmokti mintinai (Lithuanian), ji ber kirin (Northern Kurdish), ezber kirin (Northern Kurdish), memorizar (Portuguese), decorar (Portuguese), memoriza (Romanian), naučiť sa naspamäť (Slovak), aprender de memoria (Spanish), memorizar (Spanish), decorar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commit_to_memory-en-verb-EEGlPuSX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to learn by heart",
      "word": "opetella ulkoa"
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      "sense": "to learn by heart",
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      "sense": "to learn by heart",
      "word": "išmokti mintinai"
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      "sense": "to learn by heart",
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      "sense": "to learn by heart",
      "word": "memoriza"
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      "word": "naučiť sa naspamäť"
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