memorize - Definitions from Dictionary.com

5 results for: memorize

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

mem·o·rize

Audio Help [mem-uh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -rized, -riz·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to learn by heart: I've always been able to memorize easily.

Also, especially British, mem·o·rise.

[Origin: 1585–95; memor(y) + -ize

]

—Related forms

mem·o·riz·a·ble, adjective

mem·o·ri·za·tion, noun

mem·o·riz·er, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
memorize

To learn more about memorize visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

mem·o·rize Audio Help (měm'ə-rīz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. mem·o·rized, mem·o·riz·ing, mem·o·riz·es

To commit to memory; learn by heart.
Computer Science To store in memory: "Some programmable phones can now memorize up to 100 numbers" (Time).

mem'o·riz'a·ble adj., mem'o·ri·za'tion (-rĭ-zā'shən) n., mem'o·riz'er n.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

memorize
verb
commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈmemorize, *ˈmemorise verb

to learn (something) so well that one can remember all of it without looking
Example: She memorized the directions.

Arabic:	يَحْفَظ عن ظَهْر قَلْب
Chinese (Simplified):	熟记, 记住
Chinese (Traditional):	熟記, 記住
Czech:	memorovat
Danish:	lære udenad
Dutch:	uit het hoofd leren
Estonian:	pähe õppima
Finnish:	opetella ulkoa
French:	mémoriser
German:	sich einprägen
Greek:	αποστηθίζω
Hungarian:	memorizál, bevés
Icelandic:	leggja á minnið
Indonesian:	mengingat-ingat, menghafal
Italian:	memorizzare, imparare a memoria*

Japanese:	暗記する
Korean:	외우다, 기억하다
Latvian:	iegaumēt
Lithuanian:	įsiminti, įsidėmėti
Norwegian:	lære utenat
Polish:	zapamiętać
Portuguese (Brazil):	memorizar
Portuguese (Portugal):	decorar
Romanian:	a memora
Russian:	запоминать; заучивать
Slovak:	memorovať
Slovenian:	zapomniti si, naučiti se na pamet
Spanish:	aprender de memoria, memorizar
Swedish:	memorera
Turkish:	ezberlemek