Memorize vs Forget - What's the difference?
memorize | forget |
to learn by heart, commit to memory
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* 2009 , A Practical Study of Argument (ISBN 0495603406), page 123:
* 2009 , Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258:
To lose remembrance of.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
To unintentionally leave something behind.
To cease remembering.
(slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
As verbs the difference between memorize and forget
is that memorize is to learn by heart, commit to memory while forget is to lose remembrance of.memorize
English
Alternative forms
* (UK) memoriseVerb
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
* memorizationforget
English
Verb
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten .
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- I forgot my car keys.
- Let's just forget about it.
- Forget you!
