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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
overlearning = memorizing?
Hello everyone. Is there any difference between overlearning and memorizing?
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To me, the difference is that 'memorizing' is a common word but 'overlearning' is a word I've never heard or read before.
- To me, the difference is that 'memorizing' is a common word but 'overlearning' is a word I've never heard or read before.
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To me, the difference is that 'memorizing' is a common word but 'overlearning' is a word I've never heard or read before.
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CliveTo me, the difference is that 'memorizing' is a common word but 'overlearning' is a word I've never heard or read before.I saw "overlearning in the following .... I think "overlearning" in the following text means "memorizing"
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There are several ways which help us to
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According to this definition, 'overlearning' involves repeating something aloud.
'Memorization' may involve this,or may not.
'Memorization' may involve this,or may not.
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In the US "overlearning" means learning something to the point it becoming second nature with you. That is, not only memorizing it but knowing it so well that you can never forget it.
We Americans love these combinations with "over-", like: "overtrain"(training so that you've gone way beyond what is necessary to be well-trained in something), "overs_xed", "overwork," "overprepare," "o
We Americans love these combinations with "over-", like: "overtrain"(training so that you've gone way beyond what is necessary to be well-trained in something), "overs_xed", "overwork," "overprepare," "o
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In WWII, the British complained about American soldiers in Britain that they were 'overpaid, oversexed and over here.'.
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