Memorize

//ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z//

"Memorize" in a Sentence (13 examples)

We had to memorize the lines of the play in the park.

I just can't memorize students' names.

You should memorize as many English words as possible.

Memorize this paragraph until you can say it fluently.

I can't memorize so many of these letters.

It took me two hours to memorize this sentence.

I read the play aloud so that I could memorize all the lines.

We have the ability to memorize information.

The teacher said that we must memorize these idioms.

He tried to memorize the conversation.

I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.

Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.

She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.