memorize

verb

mem·​o·​rize ˈme-mə-ˌrīz How to pronounce memorize (audio)
memorized; memorizing

transitive verb

: to commit to memory : learn by heart
memorizable adjective
memorizer noun

Examples of memorize in a Sentence

an actress memorizing her lines everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
Recent Examples on the Web The Stanford team claims their questions are a better test of how legal copilots may perform in a real-world setting than bar exam questions—especially because a lot of datasets of bar exam questions have already been memorized by LLMs trained for vast amounts of data scraped from the internet. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014 The controls are done right too, with physical buttons for everything and no tap or swipe gestures to memorize. Chris Welch, The Verge, 21 May 2024 Teams had to memorize and recite the Preamble of the United States Declaration of Independence. Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024 This strongly suggests the models have partially memorized examples from GSM8k, say Zhang and co. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for memorize 

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Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of memorize was in 1834

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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorize. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.

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memorize

verb
mem·​o·​rize ˈmem-ə-ˌrīz How to pronounce memorize (audio)
memorized; memorizing
: to learn by heart
memorization noun

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