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BY MEMORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by memory mean?
• BY MEMORY (adverb)
The adverb BY MEMORY has 1 sense:
1. by committing to memory
Familiarity information: BY MEMORY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By committing to memory
Synonyms:
by heart; by memory
Context example:
she knew the poem by heart
Context examples
By memory of his diary I found my way to the old chapel, for I knew that here my work lay.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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