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单词 by heart
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by heart

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If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
Mack knew this passage by heart.
Synonyms: from or by memory, verbatim, word for word, pat More Synonyms of by heart
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by heart in British English

by committing to memory
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by heart in American English

by or from memorization
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Examples of 'by heart' in a sentence
by heart

We know it so well that some of us can recite it by heart.
Christianity Today (2000)
What you'll find is they will learn their favourite stories by heart before they can read.
The Sun (2012)
If you are particularly unlucky, you may know somebody who can recite it by heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I knew the whole play off by heart and can still distress companions with long quotations from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
(phrase) 
Mack knew this passage by heart.
Synonyms
from or by memory
verbatim
The president's speeches are reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.
word for word
pat
word-perfect
by rote
off by heart
off pat
parrot-fashion (informal)
Pupils had to repeat their verb tables parrot-fashion.
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Additional synonyms

in the sense of parrot-fashion
Pupils had to repeat their verb tables parrot-fashion.
Synonyms
by rote,
automatically,
without thinking,
mechanically,
mindlessly
in the sense of verbatim
Definition
using exactly the same words
The president's speeches are reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.
Synonyms
exactly,
to the letter,
word for word,
closely,
precisely,
literally,
faithfully,
rigorously,
in every detail,
letter for letter

Nearby words of
by heart

  • by half
  • by halves
  • by hand
  • by heart
  • by hook or by crook
  • by means of
  • by no means

Synonyms of 'by heart'

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