--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 22 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 22 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A melody is a tune: a series of musical notes, one after another, that sounds pleasing and is easy to remember.[↗](../../melody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The melody is the main tune in a piece of music, often the part that is sung.[↗](../../melody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A melody is also any pleasant sound like music, such as birdsong.[↗](../../melody/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hummed a happy melody as she painted.[↗](../../melody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you play the melody of «Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star»?[↗](../../melody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The song has a catchy melody that sticks in your head.[↗](../../melody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The violins play the melody while the cellos play the harmony.[↗](../../melody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The blackbird's melody woke me up.[↗](../../melody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We composed a short melody using only five notes.[↗](../../melody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The melody goes up and then comes down.[↗](../../melody/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a sweet voice, and every melody seemed to flow naturally from his lips.[↗](../../melody/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.[↗](../../melody/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melody/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody.[↗](../../melody/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.98.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melody/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Take thou away from Me the noise of thy songs; and let Me not hear the melody of thy psalteries.[↗](../../melody/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.5.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melody/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **melon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A melon is a big round or oval fruit with a hard skin and a sweet, juicy inside full of seeds.[↗](../../melon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew are kinds of melon.[↗](../../melon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A melon costs 3 dollars.[↗](../../melon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut the melon into 8 slices.[↗](../../melon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer sold 40 melons.[↗](../../melon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each melon weighs 2 kg.[↗](../../melon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate cold watermelon at the beach.[↗](../../melon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A melon grows on a long vine on the ground.[↗](../../melon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scoop out the seeds before you eat the melon.[↗](../../melon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom spat a melon seed across the yard.[↗](../../melon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **melt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water.[↗](../../melt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To melt can mean to soften or disappear slowly: «The crowd melted away».[↗](../../melt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To melt someone's heart is to make them feel loving and kind.[↗](../../melt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snowman melted in the sun.[↗](../../melt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice melts at zero degrees Celsius.[↗](../../melt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Melt the butter in a pan.[↗](../../melt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My ice cream is melting — eat it fast\![↗](../../melt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate melts in your hand.[↗](../../melt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy's big eyes melted her heart.[↗](../../melt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting ice at the poles makes sea levels rise.[↗](../../melt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wax melts when the candle burns.[↗](../../melt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Crediting them with a nobler feeling Wendy melted.[↗](../../melt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.[↗](../../melt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.[↗](../../melt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say: 'What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.'[↗](../../melt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore shall all hands be slack, and every heart of man shall melt.[↗](../../melt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.[↗](../../melt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.46.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble; (Writings PSA.107.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../melt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **meltdown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A serious accident in a nuclear power station when the core gets so hot that it melts.[↗](../../meltdown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A moment when someone loses control of their feelings and cries or shouts, like a toddler's tantrum.[↗](../../meltdown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A sudden total failure or collapse: a market meltdown.[↗](../../meltdown/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The little boy had a meltdown when the ice cream fell.[↗](../../meltdown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I nearly had a meltdown when my homework vanished from the computer.[↗](../../meltdown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists work hard to stop a reactor meltdown.[↗](../../meltdown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team suffered a meltdown in the second half and lost.[↗](../../meltdown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town had a traffic meltdown in the snow.[↗](../../meltdown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay calm, there's no need for a meltdown.[↗](../../meltdown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **melting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Melting means changing from a solid into a liquid because it gets warm, like ice turning into water.[↗](../../melting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Melting can describe something becoming soft, like melting chocolate.[↗](../../melting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In stories, melting can mean becoming softer in feeling.[↗](../../melting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snowman is melting in the sun.[↗](../../melting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your ice cream is melting; eat it quickly\![↗](../../melting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice starts melting at zero degrees Celsius.[↗](../../melting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We are melting chocolate to make a cake.[↗](../../melting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting is a change that can be reversed by freezing.[↗](../../melting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The melting ice dripped off the roof.[↗](../../melting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The candle wax was melting down the sides.[↗](../../melting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart was melting when I saw the puppy.[↗](../../melting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Just one plump morsel, melting away between the teeth.[↗](../../melting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **meltwater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Meltwater is water that comes from melting snow or ice, especially from glaciers and ice sheets.[↗](../../meltwater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Meltwater from the glacier made a milky blue lake.[↗](../../meltwater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In spring, meltwater fills the mountain rivers.[↗](../../meltwater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Meltwater from ice sheets is raising sea levels.[↗](../../meltwater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The meltwater stream was freezing cold.[↗](../../meltwater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Floods can happen when meltwater rushes down the valley.[↗](../../meltwater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists measure meltwater on the Greenland ice sheet.[↗](../../meltwater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, written מ.[↗](../../mem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A short form of «memory» or «member» in notes (mem.), or a cut-off part of «memo» or «memsahib».[↗](../../mem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, India) Short for «memsahib», a word servants in British India used for a European lady.[↗](../../mem/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mem is the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.[↗](../../mem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Psalm 119 has a part headed «Mem».[↗](../../mem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (note) mem.[↗](../../mem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") = member of the club.[↗](../../mem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story the servant said, «The Mem-sahib is resting.»[↗](../../mem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer showed «mem: 8 GB».[↗](../../mem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each part of Psalm 119 begins with the next Hebrew letter.[↗](../../mem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bet-Waw-Mem-Peh, between the lips and in front of the tongue.[↗](../../mem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Three Mothers are Aleph, Mem and Shin, they are Air, Water and Fire.[↗](../../mem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person \[note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’.[↗](../../mem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **member** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A member is a person who belongs to a group, like a club, a team or a family.[↗](../../member/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A member can be an animal or thing that belongs to a group or set.[↗](../../member/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is a member of the swimming club.[↗](../../member/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every member of my family likes pizza.[↗](../../member/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a member of staff if you get lost.[↗](../../member/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion is a member of the cat family.[↗](../../member/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team has eleven members.[↗](../../member/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 7 is a member of the set of odd numbers.[↗](../../member/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Members get a free badge.[↗](../../member/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In Roeskilde, too, the members of the Danish Diet assemble.[↗](../../member/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.[↗](../../member/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../member/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.[↗](../../member/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../member/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **membership** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Membership is being a member of a club, group or organisation.[↗](../../membership/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The membership is all the members of a group, or how many there are.[↗](../../membership/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A membership is the right to use a club, gym or library, often paid for with a fee.[↗](../../membership/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My library membership card lets me borrow ten books.[↗](../../membership/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The club's membership has grown to two hundred.[↗](../../membership/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum pays for a family membership at the zoo.[↗](../../membership/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Membership of the chess club is free.[↗](../../membership/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is membership open to everyone?[↗](../../membership/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her membership runs out at the end of the month.[↗](../../membership/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **membrane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A very thin layer, like a skin, that covers or lines a part of a living thing or a cell.[↗](../../membrane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A thin sheet of material, natural or man-made, that lets some things pass through and stops others.[↗](../../membrane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The cell membrane: the thin outer layer around every living cell that controls what goes in and out.[↗](../../membrane/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cell membrane controls what goes in and out of the cell.[↗](../../membrane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Peel the egg carefully and you will see a thin membrane under the shell.[↗](../../membrane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The eardrum is a membrane that shakes when sound hits it.[↗](../../membrane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A frog has a membrane that covers its eyes underwater.[↗](../../membrane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats' wings are made of a stretchy membrane of skin.[↗](../../membrane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder put a plastic membrane under the concrete to keep out damp.[↗](../../membrane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your nose is lined with a wet membrane that traps dust.[↗](../../membrane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **membranous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Made of a membrane, or like a membrane: thin, soft and skin-like, often so thin you can almost see through it.[↗](../../membranous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Having thin skin-like parts, like a bat's or insect's wings.[↗](../../membranous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bats have membranous wings stretched between their fingers.[↗](../../membranous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dragonflies have clear, membranous wings.[↗](../../membranous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the eggshell is a thin, membranous layer.[↗](../../membranous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog's feet are joined by membranous webs.[↗](../../membranous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The onion skin is thin and membranous.[↗](../../membranous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Under the microscope we saw a membranous sheet of cells.[↗](../../membranous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some seeds have membranous wings to help them fly.[↗](../../membranous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pterosaur had large membranous wings.[↗](../../membranous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **meme** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A funny picture, video or phrase that people copy, change and share quickly on the internet.[↗](../../meme/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, science) An idea, habit or style that spreads from person to person in a culture.[↗](../../meme/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother sent me a funny meme about cats.[↗](../../meme/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That meme went viral in one day.[↗](../../meme/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some memes are unkind, so don't share them.[↗](../../meme/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher used a meme to make us laugh.[↗](../../meme/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People made thousands of memes from that video.[↗](../../meme/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A catchphrase can spread like a meme.[↗](../../meme/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **memoir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A book or story someone writes about their own life and memories.[↗](../../memoir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (memoirs, plural) A book by a famous person about their life and the events they saw.[↗](../../memoir/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A written account of something, often of someone else's life.[↗](../../memoir/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma is writing a memoir about growing up on a farm.[↗](../../memoir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer published his memoirs.[↗](../../memoir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote a short memoir about our first day at school.[↗](../../memoir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A memoir is true and uses «I».[↗](../../memoir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her memoir was full of funny stories.[↗](../../memoir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorer's memoir describes his journey across the ice.[↗](../../memoir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading a memoir is like hearing someone remember.[↗](../../memoir/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke with a very slow, distinct voice, as if he was dictating his memoirs, and always looked over the shoulder of the person to whom he was talking.[↗](../../memoir/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **memorable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Worth remembering, or easy to remember, because it is special, unusual, very good or very bad.[↗](../../memorable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Easy to remember, as a short phrase or tune.[↗](../../memorable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our trip to the zoo was memorable.[↗](../../memorable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write about a memorable day in your life.[↗](../../memorable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The play had a very memorable ending.[↗](../../memorable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a password that is memorable to you but hard for others to guess.[↗](../../memorable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The song has a memorable tune.[↗](../../memorable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning the cup was the most memorable moment of the year.[↗](../../memorable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm made it a memorable camping trip.[↗](../../memorable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That was the most memorable evening of her life, and she was glad that she could not see herself, for she would have died with confusion.[↗](../../memorable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **memorandum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A memorandum is a short written message sent inside an office, school or company, telling people about something.[↗](../../memorandum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A memorandum is a note to help you remember something.[↗](../../memorandum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) A memorandum of understanding is a written agreement between two groups or countries.[↗](../../memorandum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The head teacher sent a memorandum to all staff.[↗](../../memorandum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Please read the memorandum about the new rules.[↗](../../memorandum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad got a memo at work about the holiday party.[↗](../../memorandum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding.[↗](../../memorandum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A memorandum should be short and clear.[↗](../../memorandum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a memorandum to remind the class about the trip.[↗](../../memorandum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The memo said «No parking near the gates».[↗](../../memorandum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The secret memorandum was found in the archive.[↗](../../memorandum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **memorial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened.[↗](../../memorial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Memorial describes something made in someone's memory.[↗](../../memorial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We laid poppies at the war memorial.[↗](../../memorial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bench is a memorial to my great-grandma.[↗](../../memorial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town built a memorial to the miners.[↗](../../memorial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to a memorial service for our old teacher.[↗](../../memorial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school planted a memorial garden.[↗](../../memorial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Names are carved on the stone memorial.[↗](../../memorial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Memorial Day is a holiday in the USA.[↗](../../memorial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No king has a more splendid memorial.[↗](../../memorial/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../memorial/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.[↗](../../memorial/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.[↗](../../memorial/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A Psalm of David, to make memorial.[↗](../../memorial/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A Psalm of David; to make memorial.[↗](../../memorial/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.70.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.[↗](../../memorial/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../memorial/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **memorisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of learning something so you can remember it exactly, such as a poem, times tables or spellings.[↗](../../memorisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Learning by heart.[↗](../../memorisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Memorisation of times tables helps you do mental maths quickly.[↗](../../memorisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning a poem by heart takes memorisation.[↗](../../memorisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Repeating aloud helps memorisation.[↗](../../memorisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rote memorisation without understanding is not enough.[↗](../../memorisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor used memorisation tricks to learn her lines.[↗](../../memorisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Flashcards are good for memorisation of spellings.[↗](../../memorisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/21/) **22** [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/23/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/21/) - next →: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/23/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)