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# memorise

«memorise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (memorise, memorises, memorised, memorising; US memorize)

### meaning for a pupil

To memorise something is to learn it so well that you can remember it exactly without looking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school: memorise times tables, spellings, a poem or lines in a play. In church: memorise a Bible verse or prayer. It tells the reader someone learnt something by heart.

### examples

- I memorised my seven times table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x1)
- We have to memorise a poem for the assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x2)
- She memorised her lines for the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x3)
- Try to memorise your home phone number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x4)
- He memorised the way to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x5)
- Children memorise the Lord's Prayer in Sunday school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/#x6)

### note

UK -ise, US -ize; both correct. Phrase: «learn by heart» means the same. Memorising is not the same as understanding; good learners do both. In maths, memorising number facts (like 7 × 8 = 56) makes harder sums faster.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «memorise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/memorise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.