memorize
to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
to learn by heart: I've always been able to memorize easily.
Origin of memorize
1- Also especially British, mem·o·rise .
Other words from memorize
- mem·o·riz·a·ble, adjective
- mem·o·ri·za·tion, noun
- mem·o·riz·er, noun
- re·mem·o·rize, verb (used with object), re·mem·o·rized, re·mem·o·riz·ing.
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How to use memorize in a sentence
The Latin proverb “Times Change and We Change With Them” used to be memorized by generations of students of Latin.
Those are statistics that Botticelli, one of the five featured panelists on Tuesday, has likely memorized.
I memorized the grid and tasted as much and as often as I could.
We live in a culture where the past is seen as a dead thing, a set of names and dates to be memorized—and then forgotten.
Finally, an Accurate Look Back at AIDS Activism in ‘Why We Fight’ | Hugh Ryan | December 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe has the stock quotes memorized, constantly unleashing them on her audience.
Fire the Crackpots of Congress! (And Replace Them with New Crackpots!) | Michael Moynihan | October 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The heavy-set man spoke to her in French, but he failed to use a single one of the words she had memorized.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartUsing his pen name, "Moina," he specialized in war lyrics which were soon memorized by Southerners in general.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThis connection according to the drawing should be studied and memorized.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel DibbleBut there is a new commandment added to the list of those to be memorized by the body-politic.
Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. SteeleShe must, Craven thought, often have stood before a mirror and carefully "memorized" herself in all her variety and detail.
December Love | Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for memorize
memorise
/ (ˈmɛməˌraɪz) /
(tr) to commit to memory; learn so as to remember
Derived forms of memorize
- memorizable or memorisable, adjective
- memorization or memorisation, noun
- memorizer or memoriser, noun
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