memorize

English

Alternative forms

(UK) memorise

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛm.əɹˌaɪ̯z/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: mem‧or‧ize

Verb

memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes, present participle memorizing, simple past and past participle memorized)

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; 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.

Derived terms

memorization

Translations

to commit to memory, to learn by heart

Arabic: حَفِظَ‎ (ḥafiẓa)
Armenian: անմահացնել (hy) (anmahacʿnel)
Azerbaijani: əzbərləmək (az)
Belarusian: запамята́ць pf (zapamjatácʹ), запаміна́ць impf (zapaminácʹ), запо́мніць pf (zapómnicʹ)
Bulgarian: запаметя́вам (bg) impf (zapametjávam), уча наизуст (uča naizust)
Catalan: memoritzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 記住／记住 (zh) (jìzhù), 記憶／记忆 (zh) (jìyì)
Czech: memorovat (cs)
Danish: udenadslære
Dutch: memoriseren (nl), uit het hoofd leren
Esperanto: parkerigi
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: opetella ulkoa (fi), painaa muistiin
French: mémoriser (fr), apprendre par cœur (fr)
Galician: chapar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sich einprägen (de) (sich in the dative case), auswendig lernen
Greek: απομνημονεύω (el) (apomnimonévo), αποστηθίζω (el) (apostithízo)
Hebrew: לשנן‎ (leshanen)
Hungarian: memorizál (hu), megtanul (hu), betanul (hu), megjegyez (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Italian: memorizzare (it), imparare a memoria
Japanese: 記憶する (ja) (きおくする, kioku suru), 覚える (ja) (おぼえる, oboeru), 暗記する (ja) (あんきする, anki suru)
Khmer: ទន្ទេញ (km) (tŭəntɨñ), ចាំ (km) (cam)
Korean: 기억하다 (ko) (gieokhada), 암기하다 (ko) (amgihada), 외우다 (ko) (oe'uda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەبەرکردن‎ (leberkirdin)
Northern Kurdish: ji ber kirin (ku), ezber kirin (ku)
Latin: memini
Macedonian: запаметува impf (zapametuva), запамети pf (zapameti)
Malay: menghafalkan
Maori: pupuri
Norwegian: lære utenat,pugge (no)
Oromo: yaddachuu
Persian: از برم کردن‎ (az barm kardan), یادانیدن‎ (yâdânidan)
Polish: zapamiętywać (pl) impf, zapamiętać (pl) pf, nauczyć się na pamięć pf
Portuguese: decorar (pt), memorizar (pt)
Romanian: memoriza (ro)
Russian: запомина́ть (ru) impf (zapominátʹ), запо́мнить (ru) pf (zapómnitʹ), выу́чивать (ru) impf (vyúčivatʹ), вы́учить (ru) pf (výučitʹ), зау́чивать наизу́сть impf (zaúčivatʹ naizústʹ), заучи́ть наизу́сть pf (zaučítʹ naizústʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: meòraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: pȃmtiti (sh), naùčiti nȁpamēt
Slovak: zapamätať, naučiť sa naspamäť
Slovene: zapomniti
Spanish: memorizar (es)
Swedish: lära sig utantill, memorera (sv), lägga på minnet (sv)
Thai: จดจำ (th) (jòt-jam)
Turkish: ezberlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: запам'ято́вувати impf (zapamʺjatóvuvaty), запам'ята́ти pf (zapamʺjatáty)
Vietnamese: ghi nhớ (vi), ghi chép (vi)

Portuguese

Verb

memorize

inflection of memorizar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative