memorizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of memorize
as in learns
to commit to memory everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class

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Recent Examples of memorizes Islamic credo teaches that the more one memorizes the Quran, the higher one’s rank in heaven. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026 But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorizes
  1. learns
  2. studies
  3. knows
Verb
  • Jason Sudeikis does sneak in the final emotional moment, when Ted learns that Mae Green, the beloved owner of the local Crown & Anchor pub, apparently died while cheering on the team from the stands.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Verity is immobile and catatonic, and Lowen learns that the family’s life is also darkened by a child’s accidental death.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of learns
Verb
  • Ladish helped build Anthropic's security team from September 2021 to October 2022 before leaving to found Palisade Research, which studies whether humans can remain in control of increasingly capable AI systems.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The scale of an investment such as this one is asymmetrical with the legal and administrative capacity of a small, rural community, said Anthony Pipa, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies development and policy in rural areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of studies
Verb
  • Hernández knows how to fire up a crowd in a big postseason moment.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Compounding the mystery is the fact that no one outside of Disney really knows how well The Shards performed for FX and Hulu.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of knows

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