• Memorize

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈmÉ›m.əɹˌaɪ̯z/
    • Hyphenation: mem + or + ize

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    Full definition of memorize

    Verb

    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.
      • 2009, Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258: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.

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