"memorize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ [Canada, UK, US], /ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-memorize.ogg [US] Forms: memorizes [present, singular, third-person], memorizing [participle, present], memorized [participle, past], memorized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes, present participle memorizing, simple past and past participle memorized)
  1. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms: memorise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: memorization Translations (to commit to memory, to learn by heart): حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa) (Arabic), անմահացնել (anmahacʻnel) (Armenian), əzbərləmək (Azerbaijani), запамята́ць (zapamjatácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), запаміна́ць (zapaminácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), запо́мніць (zapómnicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), запаметя́вам (zapametjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), уча наизуст (uča naizust) (Bulgarian), memoritzar (Catalan), لەبەرکردن (leberkirdin) (Central Kurdish), 記住 (Chinese Cantonese), 记住 (gei³ zyu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 記住 (Chinese Mandarin), 记住 (jìzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 熟記 (Chinese Mandarin), 熟记 (shújì) (Chinese Mandarin), 記憶 (Chinese Mandarin), 记忆 (jìyì) (Chinese Mandarin), memorovat (Czech), udenadslære (Danish), memoriseren (Dutch), uit het hoofd leren (Dutch), parkerigi (Esperanto), opetella ulkoa (Finnish), painaa muistiin (Finnish), mémoriser (French), apprendre par cœur (French), chapar (Galician), memorizar (Galician), auswendig lernen (German), απομνημονεύω (apomnimonévo) (Greek), αποστηθίζω (apostithízo) (Greek), לשנן (leshanen) (Hebrew), memorizál (Hungarian), megtanul (Hungarian), betanul (Hungarian), megjegyez (Hungarian), memorizzare (Italian), imparare a memoria (Italian), 記憶する (kioku suru) (alt: きおくする) (Japanese), 覚える (oboeru) (alt: おぼえる) (Japanese), 暗記する (anki suru) (alt: あんきする) (Japanese), ទន្ទេញ (tɔɔtŭəntɨñ) (Khmer), ចាំ (cam) (Khmer), 기억하다 (gieokhada) (Korean), 암기하다 (amgihada) (Korean), 외우다 (oe'uda) (Korean), memini (Latin), запаметува (zapametuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), запамети (zapameti) [perfective] (Macedonian), menghafalkan (Malay), pupuri (Maori), whakamaumahara (Maori), ji ber kirin (Northern Kurdish), ezber kirin (Northern Kurdish), lære utenat (Norwegian), pugge (Norwegian), yaddachuu (Oromo), از برم کردن (az barm kardan) (Persian), یادانیدن (yâdânidan) (Persian), zapamiętywać [imperfective] (Polish), zapamiętać [perfective] (Polish), nauczyć się na pamięć [perfective] (Polish), decorar (Portuguese), memorizar (Portuguese), memoriza (Romanian), запомина́ть (zapominátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), запо́мнить (zapómnitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выу́чивать (vyúčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́учить (výučitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), зау́чивать наизу́сть (zaúčivatʹ naizústʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заучи́ть наизу́сть (zaučítʹ naizústʹ) [perfective] (Russian), meòraich (Scottish Gaelic), pȃmtiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), naùčiti nȁpamēt [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zapamätať (Slovak), naučiť sa naspamäť (Slovak), zapomniti (Slovene), memorizar (Spanish), lära sig utantill (Swedish), memorera (Swedish), lägga på minnet (Swedish), จดจำ (jòt-jam) (Thai), ezberlemek (Turkish), запам'ято́вувати (zapamʺjatóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запам'ята́ти (zapamʺjatáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ghi nhớ (Vietnamese), ghi chép (Vietnamese)

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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ḥafiẓa",
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          "word": "حَفِظَ"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "code": "az",
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          "roman": "zapametjávam",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "запаметя́вам"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uča naizust",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "уча наизуст"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memoritzar"
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "記住"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gei³ zyu⁶",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "记住"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "記住"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìzhù",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "记住"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "熟記"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shújì",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "熟记"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "記憶"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìyì",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "记忆"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorovat"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "udenadslære"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memoriseren"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "uit het hoofd leren"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "parkerigi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "opetella ulkoa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "painaa muistiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "mémoriser"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "apprendre par cœur"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "chapar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "sich einprägen (sich in the dative case)",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "auswendig lernen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apomnimonévo",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "απομνημονεύω"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apostithízo",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "αποστηθίζω"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "leshanen",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "לשנן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorizál"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "megtanul"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "betanul"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "megjegyez"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorizzare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "imparare a memoria"
        },
        {
          "alt": "きおくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kioku suru",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "記憶する"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おぼえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oboeru",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "覚える"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あんきする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "anki suru",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "暗記する"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tɔɔtŭəntɨñ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ទន្ទេញ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cam",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ចាំ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gieokhada",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "기억하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "amgihada",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "암기하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "oe'uda",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "외우다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "leberkirdin",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "لەبەرکردن"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ji ber kirin"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ezber kirin"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memini"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zapametuva",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запаметува"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zapameti",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запамети"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "menghafalkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "pupuri"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "whakamaumahara"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "lære utenat"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "pugge"
        },
        {
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "yaddachuu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "az barm kardan",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "از برم کردن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "yâdânidan",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "یادانیدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zapamiętywać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zapamiętać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nauczyć się na pamięć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "decorar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memoriza"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapominátʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запомина́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapómnitʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запо́мнить"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyúčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выу́чивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výučitʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́учить"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaúčivatʹ naizústʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зау́чивать наизу́сть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaučítʹ naizústʹ",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заучи́ть наизу́сть"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "meòraich"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pȃmtiti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "naùčiti nȁpamēt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "zapamätať"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "naučiť sa naspamäť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "zapomniti"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "lära sig utantill"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "memorera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "lägga på minnet"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jòt-jam",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "จดจำ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ezberlemek"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapamʺjatóvuvaty",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запам'ято́вувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapamʺjatáty",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запам'ята́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ghi nhớ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
          "word": "ghi chép"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "UK",
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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      "word": "memorization"
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      "form": "memorizes",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "memorizing",
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        "present"
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      "form": "memorized",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "memorized",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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          "ref": "2007, Don DeLillo, Underworld: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner Classics, page 543",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009, A Practical Study of Argument, page 123",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy, page 258",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "by heart"
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      "tags": [
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        "UK",
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "memorise"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥafiẓa",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "حَفِظَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anmahacʻnel",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "անմահացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "əzbərləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapamjatácʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запамята́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapaminácʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запаміна́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapómnicʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запо́мніць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapametjávam",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запаметя́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uča naizust",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "уча наизуст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memoritzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "記住"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gei³ zyu⁶",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "记住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "記住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìzhù",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "记住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "熟記"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shújì",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "熟记"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "記憶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìyì",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "记忆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "udenadslære"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memoriseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "uit het hoofd leren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "parkerigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "opetella ulkoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "painaa muistiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "mémoriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "apprendre par cœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "chapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "sich einprägen (sich in the dative case)",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "auswendig lernen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apomnimonévo",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "απομνημονεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apostithízo",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "αποστηθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "leshanen",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "לשנן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "megtanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "betanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "megjegyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "imparare a memoria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きおくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kioku suru",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "記憶する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おぼえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oboeru",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "覚える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anki suru",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "暗記する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tɔɔtŭəntɨñ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ទន្ទេញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cam",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ចាំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gieokhada",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "기억하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amgihada",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "암기하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oe'uda",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "외우다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "leberkirdin",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "لەبەرکردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ji ber kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ezber kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zapametuva",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запаметува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zapameti",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запамети"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "menghafalkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "pupuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "whakamaumahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "lære utenat"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "pugge"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "yaddachuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az barm kardan",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "از برم کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yâdânidan",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "یادانیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapamiętywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapamiętać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nauczyć się na pamięć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "decorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memoriza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapominátʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запомина́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapómnitʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запо́мнить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyúčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выу́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výučitʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́учить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaúčivatʹ naizústʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зау́чивать наизу́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaučítʹ naizústʹ",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заучи́ть наизу́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "meòraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pȃmtiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "naùčiti nȁpamēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "zapamätať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "naučiť sa naspamäť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "zapomniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "lära sig utantill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "memorera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "lägga på minnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jòt-jam",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "จดจำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ezberlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapamʺjatóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запам'ято́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapamʺjatáty",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запам'ята́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ghi nhớ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to commit to memory, to learn by heart",
      "word": "ghi chép"
    }
  ],
  "word": "memorize"
}

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