memorizeverb [ T ]
UK usually memorise uk/ˈmem.ə.raɪz/us/ˈmem.ə.raɪz/to learn something so that you will remember it exactly:
When I was at school, we were required to memorize a poem every week.
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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memorization
noun [ U ] UK usually memorisation uk/ˌmem.ə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//ˌmem.ə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
the memorization of long lists of vocabulary
memorization techniques