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
Bjartr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Haydar	-	Turkish
Nadejda	nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Babbage	[bə'beidʒ]
Narayan	-	Indian, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Odia, Bengali
Io	IE-o (English), EE-o (English)	Greek Mythology