learn by heart

learn something by heart

Fig. to learn something so well that it can be written or recited without thinking; to memorize something. The director told me to learn my speech by heart. I had to go over it many times before I learned it by heart.

learn by heart

Also, learn by rote. See under by heart.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Horatio	hə-RAY-shee-o, hə-RAY-sho	English
Wes	-	English
Julian	JOO-lee-ən (English), JOOL-yən (English), YUWL-yahn (Polish), YOO-lee-ahn (German)	English, Polish, German
Iosias	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Chinyere	-	Western African, Igbo
Gaenor	GAY-nawr	Welsh