Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To commit to memory; learn by heart.
- v. Computer Science To store in memory: "Some programmable phones can now memorize up to 100 numbers” ( Time).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cause to be remembered; make memorable; perpetuate the memory of, as by writing or inscription.
- To keep in memory; hold in lasting remembrance; have always in mind.
- To commit to memory; learn by heart.
Wiktionary
- v. to learn by heart, commit to memory
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.
- v. To commit to memory; to learn by heart.
WordNet 3.0
- v. commit to memory; learn by heart
Examples
“I have no trouble remembering wordless music, up to and including whole symphonies, but the only kind of poetry I can memorize is that with a melody.”
“Yes, learning and remember is part of grad school, but grad school, or even starting with first-year college, the purpose is to learn, and not learn to memorize, which is, in reality, what a lot of exams do, even if it's an essay-type essay (vs. multiple choice).”
“Classes that "memorize" trig formulas in November can't remember a thing about them in May.”
“I have been thinking that some of my colleagues disagree, but this may be only because we've meant different things by the word 'memorize'.”
“One of us made the important point that the word 'memorize' may mean different things to different people, and different things in different contexts, which slowly got me thinking about how we can be more clear.”
“Computers and data storage systems 'memorize', manipulate, and index, data that is too mundane and numerous for humans.”
“Yet of all the kids I’ve surveyed on this, only 8 percent have parents who take God at his word and memorize Scripture together consistently as a family.”
Simon & Schuster: What Kids Wish Parents Knew about Parenting
“So I had to kind of memorize the clips and the time them based on memory for the most part.”
“Interactive Spending Overviews - Consumers can set rules to classify and "memorize”
“Old and new data from psychology research back to 1888 shows we learn or "memorize" information, but then forget much of it if we don't use the information or concept everyday.”
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