Dictionary

memorize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ (Canada, UK, US)

Meanings

1. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
   • I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth. 2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, →ISBN, page 543:
   • 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. 2009, A Practical Study of Argument, →ISBN, page 123:
   • She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked. 2009, Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy, →ISBN, page 258:

Forms

Deriveds

memorizability · rememberize · mismemorize · memorization · unmemorized · nonmemorized · memorizer · memorizable · rememorize

Translations (89)

ko 암기하다 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · gl memorizar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · az əzbərləmək (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru вы́учить (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · kmr ezber kirin (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · cmn 記住 /记住 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · cy dysgu ar gof (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru зау́чивать наизу́сть (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · bn মুখস্থ করা (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · eo parkerigi (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ar حَفِظَ (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · uk запам'ято́вувати (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sl zapomniti (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · bg запаметя́вам (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru выу́чивать (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sk zapamätať (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · he שִׁנֵּן (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sv lägga på minnet (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ckb لەبەرکردن (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fi painaa muistiin (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · no pugge (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fr mémoriser (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · cmn 記憶 /记忆 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · pl zapamiętywać (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · la memini (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · pl nauczyć się na pamięć (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · uk запам'ята́ти (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · cmn 熟記 /熟记 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · nl memoriseren (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fr apprendre par cœur (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · de auswendig lernen (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · hu memorizál (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · uz yod olmoq (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ja 記憶する (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · no lære utenat (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · be запамята́ць (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ca memoritzar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · hu megjegyez (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fi opetella ulkoa (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sh pȃmtiti (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · hy անմահացնել (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ms menghafalkan (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · hu megtanul (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · km ទន្ទេញ (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · pt memorizar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ja 覚える (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru заучи́ть наизу́сть (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · bg уча наизуст (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ro memoriza (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · kmr ji ber kirin (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · cs memorovat (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · nl uit het hoofd leren (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · be запаміна́ць (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · tr ezberlemek (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · gl chapar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · hu betanul (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · el αποστηθίζω (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ja 暗記する (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · el απομνημονεύω (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · it imparare a memoria (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · pl zapamiętać (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · mk запаметува (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · pt decorar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · mi whakamaumahara (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sk naučiť sa naspamäť (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · vi ghi nhớ (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · de memorieren (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · gd meòraich (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · om yaddachuu (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · da udenadslære (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fa یادانیدن (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sv lära sig utantill (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sh naùčiti nȁpamēt (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · sv memorera (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · vi ghi chép (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · be запо́мніць (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · fa از برم کردن (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · mi pupuri (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · es memorizar (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · mk запамети (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ko 기억하다 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru запомина́ть (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · km ចាំ (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · it memorizzare (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · yue 記住 /记住 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ru запо́мнить (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · th จดจำ (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · ko 외우다 (to commit to memory, to learn by heart) · haw hoʻopaʻanaʻau (to commit to memory, to learn by heart)