memorize
gb/mˈɛmɚˌaɪz/ us/mˈɛmɚˌaɪz/
B1
Inglés
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Verbo
B1
action
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Learn something so you can recall it exactly
To learn something so well that you can say or write it without looking.
Patrón de uso:
to memorize [something]
Error frecuente:
Learners often confuse "memorize" with "remember". "Memorize" is the active process of learning something so you can remember it later (e.g., "I will memorize this poem tonight"), while "remember" is the state of already having it in your memory (e.g., "I remember this poem"). Another mistake is saying *"memorize by heart"*, which is redundant in English; you can say either "memorize it" or "learn it by heart", but not both together in a natural way.
Sinónimos
learn by heart (More idiomatic and slightly more emotional; often used for texts like poems and songs.)
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commit to memory (More formal or literary; less common in everyday conversation.)
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remember (Broader and more general; does not always imply deliberate effort or exact recall like "memorize".)
Antónimos
forget (Opposite result: to be unable to remember something that was known before.)
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improvise (Opposite approach with speeches or performances: to speak or act without preparing or memorizing words in advance.)
Colocaciones
memorize a poem
|memorize a speech
|memorize vocabulary
|memorize lines
|memorize facts
|memorize a phone number
Temas
education
|cognition
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- I had to memorize twenty new vocabulary words for the test.
- She memorized her lines for the play over the weekend.
- He can memorize phone numbers after hearing them only once.
- The students were asked to memorize a short poem in English.
- I usually memorize my presentation so I don’t have to read from my notes.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I need to memorize these words for tomorrow.
- She memorized the song and sang it in class.
- He memorized his speech before the meeting.
- We memorized the rules for the game.
- It is hard to memorize long numbers.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
memorize
AFI
GB/mˈɛmɚˌaɪz/
US/mˈɛmɚˌaɪz/
Sílabas y acento
mem - or - ize (3 sílabas)
Stress on 1st syllable (mem)
Formas de la palabra
Verb
- Base: memorize
- 3rd Person Singular: memorizes
- Present Participle: memorizing
- Past: memorized
Familia de palabras
Forms
memorizes
verb
memorizing
verb
memorized
verb
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
unmemorable
adjective
forget
verb A2
Advanced or less common
commemorate
verb B2
commemoration
noun
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