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memoize

memoize verb: to store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.

Verb

memoize (third-person singular simple present memoizes, present participle memoizing, simple past and past participle memoized)

  1. (transitive) To store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.

Forms of memoize

third-person singular presentmemoizes
present participlememoizing
past participlememoized
pastmemoized

Origin of memoize

From memo + -ize.

Words formed from memoize

Questions about memoize

What does memoize mean?
Memoize means to store (the result of a computation) so that it can be subsequently retrieved without repeating the computation.
What part of speech is memoize?
Memoize is a verb.
What is the past tense of memoize?
The past tense of memoize is memoized.

Words near memoize in the dictionary

  1. memoised
  2. memoises
  3. memoising
  4. memoizable
  5. memoization
  6. memoize
  7. memoized
  8. memoizer
  9. memoizers
  10. memoizes
  11. memoizing

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