different between memorialize vs memorize

English

Alternative forms

• memorialise (UK)

Etymology

memorial +? -ize

Verb

memorialize (third-person singular simple present memorializes, present participle memorializing, simple past and past participle memorialized)

1. (US) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate
2. (law) To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
3. (transitive, dated) To petition with a memorial, or statement of facts.
   • 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     Why, you'll—you'll ask till they tell you. Then you'll memorialize that Department (according to regular forms which you'll find out) for leave to memorialize this Department.

Derived terms

• memorialization
• memorializer

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) memorise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m.???a??z/
• Hyphenation: mem?or?ize

Verb

memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes, present participle memorizing, simple past and past participle memorized)

1. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
   • 2009, A Practical Study of Argument ?ISBN, page 123:

     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.

Derived terms

• memorization

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

memorize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of memorizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of memorizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of memorizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of memorizar