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Past tense of memorize

regular verb

The past tense of memorize is memorized. The past participle is also memorized.

Forms of memorize

Base form (V1)memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/
Past tense (V2)memorized
Past participle (V3)memorized
Present participlememorizing
Third person singularmemorizes

Memorized in a sentence

  • Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.2009, A Practical Study of Argument, →ISBN, page 123
  • 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.2009, Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy, →ISBN, page 258
  • Features that make a password good tend to make it antimnemonic as well, which is bad because a password should be memorized rather than written down.From the entry antimnemonic
  • Memorized information binds reversible microprocess within impulse with irreversible information macroprocess.2015, Vladimir S. Lerner, “The impulse observations of random process generate information binding reversible micro and irreversible macro…. From the entry microprocess
  • Compings should never be memorized but should be applied in a completely extemporaneous manner.2010, Ronny Lee, Jazz Guitar Method, page 111. From the entry comping

Meaning of memorize

  1. verb To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

Full definition of memorize

Questions about the past tense of memorize

What is the past tense of memorize?
The past tense of memorize is memorized.
What is the past participle of memorize?
The past participle of memorize is memorized.
Is memorize a regular or irregular verb?
Memorize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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