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memorize | memorizable |

As a verb memorize

is to learn by heart, commit to memory.

As an adjective memorizable is

that may be memorized.

memorize

English

Alternative forms

* (UK) memorise

Verb

  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * memorization

    memorizable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That may be memorized.

    • Derived terms

    * memorizability

    See also

    * memorable