Definition of memorize
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Examples of memorize in a Sentence
an actress memorizing her lines
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
Recent Examples of memorize from the Web
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There’s my mom, who believes the recipe is law, to be read, memorized, and always within reach in the kitchen.
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Milkon also loves his globe and has memorized every country on it.
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Rereading material doesn’t help a student memorize exam answers.
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Carli began burying further into her studies, teaching herself about string theory and memorizing every element on the periodic table.
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The Enoch Pratt, as Baltimore’s public library is known, uses Library of Congress classifications, which not even a nerdy librarian’s daughter such as myself could memorize.
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Despite this, countless enthusiasts around the world have been inspired to try their luck at memorizing and reciting pi to as many digits as possible.
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These values are memorized by schoolchildren and immortalized in song-and-dance routines.
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In McCracken County, students were being forced to memorize passages from the Bible.
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First Known Use of memorize
1834
memorize Synonyms
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
disremember, forget, misremember;
disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over);
Related Words
hark back (to), recall, recollect, relive, remember, reminisce (about), retain, think (of);
accept, apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, understand;
MEMORIZE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of memorize for English Language Learners
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: to learn (something) so well that you are able to remember it perfectly
MEMORIZE Defined for Kids
Definition of memorize for Students
memorized;
memorizing
: to learn by heart
My sister has memorized all the state capitals.
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