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MEMORISE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does memorise mean? 

MEMORISE (verb)
  The verb MEMORISE has 1 sense:

1. commit to memory; learn by heartplay

  Familiarity information: MEMORISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEMORISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they memorise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it memorises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: memorised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: memorised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: memorising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Commit to memory; learn by heart

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

con; learn; memorise; memorize

Context example:

Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?

Hypernyms (to "memorise" is one way to...):

hit the books; study (learn by reading books)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "memorise"):

alternate; understudy (be an understudy or alternate for a role)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

memorisation (learning so as to be able to remember verbatim)

memoriser (a person who learns by rote)

memory (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

memory (something that is remembered)


 Context examples 


Other exercises require them to memorise instructions and adapt to changing rules.

(Study reveals attention training improves intelligence and brain function of children, University of Granada)



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