Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense memorizes, present participle memorizing, past tense, past participle memorizedregional note: in BRIT, also use memorise
verb
If you memorize something, you learn it so that you can remember it exactly.
He studied his map, trying to memorize the way to Rose's street. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: remember, learn, commit to memory, learn by heart More Synonyms of memorize
memorize in British English
or memorise (ˈmɛməˌraɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to commit to memory; learn so as to remember
Derived forms
memorizable (ˈmemoˌrizable) or memorisable (ˈmemoˌrisable)
adjective
memorization (ˌmemoriˈzation) or memorisation (ˌmemoriˈsation)
noun
memorizer (ˈmemoˌrizer) or memoriser (ˈmemoˌriser)
noun
memorize in American English
(ˈmɛməˌraɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmemoˌrized or ˈmemoˌrizing
US
to commit to memory; learn by heart
Derived forms
memorization (ˌmemoriˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'memorize' in a sentence
memorize
Like Calder, he tried to memorize salient landmarks as they wound upward through the mountains.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME (2001)
As I told him everything, he listened attentively, his eyes fixed on me as though he were trying to drink me in, memorize my face.
Andrews, Virginia WEB OF DREAMS (2001)
He made a determined effort to memorize the route they were taking.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME (2001)
I sat down at my desk and looked at the list of all the vocabulary words I was supposed to memorize.
Jonah Black THE BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD VOL. I, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS (2001)
In other languages
memorize
British English: memorize /ˈmɛməˌraɪz/ VERB
If you memorize something, you learn it so that you can remember it exactly.