Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of memorization.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun learning so as to be able to remember verbatim

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word memorisation.

Examples

  • Long-term memorisation of vocabulary has never been my strong point.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

  • Long-term memorisation of vocabulary has never been my strong point.

    Latin ate my brain! 2005

  • Adding that "Methods, such as memorisation of text, are better suited to the madrassah Islamic curriculum."

    Veiled Teacher Plot Thickens 2006

  • Adding that "Methods, such as memorisation of text, are better suited to the madrassah Islamic curriculum."

    Archive 2006-10-01 2006

  • Worse still, the student gets into the habit of confusing learning with memorisation, and can't get out of this bad habit.

    Meeja studies Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • In my experience as a university lecturer, the cinfusion of memorisation with learning is the second biggest cause of failure (laziness is the first, lack of intelligence is way behind).

    Meeja studies Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Indeed, elaborative processing is such a powerful memorisation technique that it appears not to matter whether you are trying to learn the elaborated information.

    How to maximise your memory 2012

  • Luckily, the crowded routine of rehearsal, memorisation, and performance does not leave much time for brooding.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Let's first look at how they can be used to learn foreign vocabulary – one of the trickiest and most onerous memorisation tasks around.

    The power of mnemonics 2012

  • My independent high school was the only one I know of in the region which actually devoted an entire term of English class to the study and memorisation of grammar and syntax. stick Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Teaching Reading Right 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.