by memory

1. 1.

   by committing to memory

   “she knew the poem by heart”

   Synonymsby heart

Questions about by memory

What does by memory mean?

by memory means "by committing to memory".

What is another word for by memory?

Close synonyms include by heart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is by memory a common word?

by memory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.