memorize

[ mem-uh-rahyz ]

/ ˈmɛm əˌraɪz /

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verb (used with object), mem·o·rized, mem·o·riz·ing.

to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.

verb (used without object), mem·o·rized, mem·o·riz·ing.

to learn by heart: I've always been able to memorize easily.

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Words related to memorize

recall, retain, recollect, remind, master, know, learn, cram, store

Words nearby memorize

memorialist, memorialize, memoried, memorist, memoriter, memorize, memory, memory bank, memory card, memory cell, memory engram

Also especially British, mem·o·rise.

Origin of memorize

First recorded in 1585–95; memor(y) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM memorize

mem·o·riz·a·ble, adjectivemem·o·ri·za·tion, nounmem·o·riz·er, nounre·mem·o·rize, verb (used with object), re·mem·o·rized, re·mem·o·riz·ing.

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Examples from the Web for memorize

People think history is a bunch of facts and dates that you memorize.
Brad Meltzer's Passion For Reuniting America With Its Historic Objects|Oliver Jones|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Memorize and spread this mantra: The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs.
The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs|John McWhorter|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I love to read poetry and try to memorize poetry on my hiatus so that I keep my memorization skills going.
‘The Good Wife’s Christine Baranski on Life After Will Gardner’s Death|Jason Lynch|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You had to memorize something and stand stock still with your hands behind your voice and just boom out in front of 500 people.
'About a Boy' Star David Walton Is No Hugh Grant, in the Best Way|Kevin Fallon|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was a mouthful of a lesson, but after learning it once, you never had to memorize it again.
China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More|Junheng Li|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is nothing short of ridiculous to memorize ten words in order to remember one fact.
The Art of Public Speaking|Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
You'd rather work at your literature and come first, perhaps, but you can memorize quickly and they need you.
Judy of York Hill|Ethel Hume Patterson Bennett
(e) To memorize words and to learn to inflect them, before memorizing and learning how to construct sentences.
The Principles of Language-Study|Harold E. Palmer
And we find that he helps himself to memorize even in other ways.
Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori
The next morning the critics re-write it anyway for the manager—I don't begin to memorize really—until we're settled for a run.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various

British Dictionary definitions for memorize

memorize

memorise

/ (ˈmɛməˌraɪz) /

verb

(tr) to commit to memory; learn so as to remember

Derived forms of memorize

memorizable or memorisable, adjectivememorization or memorisation, nounmemorizer or memoriser, noun

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