"by heart" meaning in English

See by heart in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

IPA: /baɪ ˈhɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪ ˈhɑɹt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-by_heart.ogg , en-au-by heart.ogg
Etymology: Compare par cœur (literally “by heart”), of which the English may be a calque. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} by heart, {{en-prep phrase}} by heart
  1. From unaided memory and in full detail. Synonyms: off by heart Hyponyms: by rote Derived forms: byheart Related terms: memory Translations (Translations): عَنْ ظَهْرِ ٱلْقَلْبِ (ʕan ẓahri l-qalbi) (Arabic), անգիր (angir) (Armenian), əzbər (Azerbaijani), əzbərdən (Azerbaijani), hafizədən (Azerbaijani), döşdən (Azerbaijani), напа́мяць (napámjacʹ) (Belarusian), dindan eñvor (Breton), dre eñvor (Breton), наизу́ст (naizúst) (Bulgarian), de cor (Catalan), de memòria (Catalan), 靠記憶 (Chinese Mandarin), 靠记忆 (kào jìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), zpaměti (Czech), nazpaměť (Czech), inamiant (Dalmatian), udenad (Danish), uit het hoofd (Dutch), van buiten (Dutch), parkere (Esperanto), peast (Estonian), pähe (Estonian), uttanat (Faroese), ulkoa (Finnish), par cœur (French), de mémoire (French), de tête (French), ზეპირად (zeṗirad) (Georgian), auswendig (German), απέξω (apéxo) (Greek), בְּעַל פֶּה (be'ál pé) (Hebrew), kívülről (Hungarian), fejből (Hungarian), betéve (Hungarian), utanað (Icelandic), utanbókar (Icelandic), memore (Ido), a memoria (Italian), 暗記して (anki-shite) (alt: あんきして) (Japanese), 空で (sora-de) (alt: そらで) (Japanese), 암기하다 (amgihada) (Korean), memoriter (Latin), mintinai (Lithuanian), z głowy (Lower Sorbian), напамет (napamet) (Macedonian), наизуст (naizust) (Macedonian), par tchoeu (Norman), ji ber (Northern Kurdish), ezber (Northern Kurdish), utenat (Norwegian Bokmål), utanåt (Norwegian Nynorsk), utanboks (Norwegian Nynorsk), از بر (az bar) (Persian), از حفظ (az hefz) (Persian), na pamięć (Polish), de cor (Portuguese), de memória (Portuguese), na ponta da língua (Portuguese), de cabeça (Portuguese), pe de rost (Romanian), pe dinafară (Romanian), наизу́сть (naizústʹ) (Russian), на па́мять (na pámjatʹ) (Russian), назубо́к (nazubók) (Russian), air teangaidh (Scottish Gaelic), napamet (Serbo-Croatian), naspamäť (Slovak), spamäti (Slovak), de memoria (Spanish), de cabeza (Spanish), utantill (Swedish), ezbere (Turkish), ezberden (Turkish), на па́м'ять (na pámʺjatʹ) (Ukrainian), z hłowy (Upper Sorbian), z pomjatka (Upper Sorbian)
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          "text": "You should play over all the pieces you know by heart at least once a month or oftener with the printed copies before you: or all sorts of wrong notes may creep in, and you will be leaving out some crescendo, or rallentando, or sforzato.",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕan ẓahri l-qalbi",
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          "word": "عَنْ ظَهْرِ ٱلْقَلْبِ"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "napámjacʹ",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naizúst",
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          "word": "наизу́ст"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de cor"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de memòria"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "靠記憶"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kào jìyì",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "靠记忆"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "zpaměti"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "nazpaměť"
        },
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          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "inamiant"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "udenad"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "uit het hoofd"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "van buiten"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "word": "parkere"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "peast"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pähe"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
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          "word": "uttanat"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ulkoa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "par cœur"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de mémoire"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de tête"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zeṗirad",
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          "word": "ზეპირად"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "auswendig"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apéxo",
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          "word": "απέξω"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "be'ál pé",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "בְּעַל פֶּה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "io",
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          "code": "it",
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          "alt": "あんきして",
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          "alt": "そらで",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "az bar",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "word": "از حفظ"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "na pamięć"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "na ponta da língua"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "de cabeça"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "наизу́сть"
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          "roman": "na pámjatʹ",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "на па́мять"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nazubók",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "назубо́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "air teangaidh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "napamet"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "naspamäť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "spamäti"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "z głowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "z hłowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "z pomjatka"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de memoria"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "de cabeza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "utantill"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ezbere"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ezberden"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "na pámʺjatʹ",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "на па́м'ять"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/baɪ ˈhɑːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baɪ ˈhɑɹt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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  "word": "by heart"
}
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      "word": "byheart"
    }
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Breton translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dalmatian translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
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          "text": "to learn something by heart",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to know something by heart",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "He used to live in that town, and he still knows all the streets by heart.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1906, The Monthly Musical Record, volume 36, page 55:",
          "text": "You should play over all the pieces you know by heart at least once a month or oftener with the printed copies before you: or all sorts of wrong notes may creep in, and you will be leaving out some crescendo, or rallentando, or sforzato.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:",
          "text": "None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart.",
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        {
          "word": "by rote"
        }
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/baɪ ˈhɑɹt/",
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      "word": "off by heart"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕan ẓahri l-qalbi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "عَنْ ظَهْرِ ٱلْقَلْبِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "angir",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "անգիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "əzbər"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "əzbərdən"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hafizədən"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "döşdən"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "napámjacʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "напа́мяць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dindan eñvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dre eñvor"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naizúst",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "наизу́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de cor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de memòria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "靠記憶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kào jìyì",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "靠记忆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zpaměti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nazpaměť"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "inamiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "udenad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "uit het hoofd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "van buiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "parkere"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "peast"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pähe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "uttanat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ulkoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "par cœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de mémoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de tête"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zeṗirad",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ზეპირად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "auswendig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apéxo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "απέξω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'ál pé",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "בְּעַל פֶּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kívülről"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fejből"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "betéve"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utanað"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utanbókar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "memore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "a memoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんきして",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anki-shite",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "暗記して"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そらで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sora-de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "空で"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amgihada",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "암기하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ji ber"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ezber"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "memoriter"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mintinai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "napamet",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "напамет"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naizust",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "наизуст"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "par tchoeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utenat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utanåt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utanboks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az bar",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "از بر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az hefz",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "از حفظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "na pamięć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de cor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de memória"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "na ponta da língua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pe de rost"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pe dinafară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naizústʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "наизу́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na pámjatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "на па́мять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazubók",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "назубо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "air teangaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "napamet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "naspamäť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "spamäti"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "z głowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "z hłowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "z pomjatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de memoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "de cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "utantill"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ezbere"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ezberden"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "na pámʺjatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "на па́м'ять"
    }
  ],
  "word": "by heart"
}

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