memorize

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛm.əɹˌaɪ̯z/

Verb

memorize (memorizes, present participle memorizing; past and past participle memorized)

1. To learn by heart, commit to memory.
   • 2009, A Practical Study of Argument ISBN 0495603406, page 123:

     Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.

Translations

• French: mémoriser, apprendre par cœur
• German: einprägen (sich in the dative case), auswendig lernen
• Italian: memorizzare, imparare a memoria
• Portuguese: decorar, memorizar
• Russian: запомина́ть
• Spanish: memorizar

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