memorize
verb
mem·o·rize
ˈme-mə-ˌrīz 
memorized; memorizing
: to commit to memory : learn by heart
memorizer
noun
Examples of memorize in a Sentence
an actress memorizing her lines
everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class
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London taxi-drivers, who must memorize complex navigational routes, experience growth in areas of their hippocampi.
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
In one test called the Visual Object Learning Task, for example, they were shown three-dimensional figures, instructed to memorize them, and then required to pick them out of a later, larger assortment of shapes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
And these kids that, again, they’re not trained to memorize long monologues or have emotional arcs in the traditional sense.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
In a memory sport called the 5 Minute Binary, players try to memorize a long string of 1s and 0s.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
In one test called the Visual Object Learning Task, for example, they were shown three-dimensional figures, instructed to memorize them, and then required to pick them out of a later, larger assortment of shapes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
And these kids that, again, they’re not trained to memorize long monologues or have emotional arcs in the traditional sense.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
In a memory sport called the 5 Minute Binary, players try to memorize a long string of 1s and 0s.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Memorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorize. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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