as in to learn
to commit to memory
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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Recent Examples of memorize
Think of it as the difference between a player who memorized every play in the book and one who reads the game in real time.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
On the drive there, Losada said they were forced to memorize the PIKE creed.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
That human-bear who memorized lines of poetry as a circus trick grew out of an old Russian fairy tale.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
A lot of language apps feel more like games than actual learning tools, leaving you memorizing random words instead of having real conversations.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
On the drive there, Losada said they were forced to memorize the PIKE creed.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
That human-bear who memorized lines of poetry as a circus trick grew out of an old Russian fairy tale.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
A lot of language apps feel more like games than actual learning tools, leaving you memorizing random words instead of having real conversations.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorize
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Senior second baseman Alexis Richter has learned a lot about playing softball from her three older sisters.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The wife and mother of two people who died on the Titanic submersible is sharing what she's learned about grief and life after loss.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Stanford University even studied Chino as a model for post-COVID academic recovery.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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So scientists like McClymont look for clever ways to study obscure features of the past, such as her research focus of how the Antarctic environment has changed over tens of thousands of years.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorize. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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