memorize

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛm.əɹˌaɪ̯z/
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  • Hyphenation: mem‧or‧ize

Verb

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  1. To learn by heart, commit to memory.
    • 2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, →ISBN, page 543:
      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.
    • 2009, A Practical Study of Argument →ISBN, 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, 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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