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
Makenzie	mə-KEN-zee	English (Modern)
Siran	-	Armenian
Ermentrud	ER-men-troot	German (Archaic)
Sylvester	[sil'vestə]
Yevgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Jonatan	YO-nah-tahn (German)	Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German