Memorize

Quick meaning: Memorize is a verb meaning To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

Meaning

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

Example Sentences

She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.

I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.

Word Forms

• memorizes
• memorizing
• memorized
• memorise

Synonyms for memorize

Depending on context, synonyms include con, learn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include learn, con, remember, teach, commit, retain.

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