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memo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈmeməʉ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmiːməʉ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Clipping of memorandum.

Meanings

  1. A short note; a memorandum.
    • According to yet another leaked memo, Powell responded the next day. Powell's leaked memo conceded that al Qaeda were not POWs, and that the Taliban individually or as a group might also lose their entitlement to that status. 2007, John Yoo, War by Other Means […] , Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 42:
  2. A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
    • The first is that the recursive call finds its subproblem solution in the memo and returns immediately. 2020, Daniel Zingaro, Algorithmic Thinking: A Problem-Based Introduction, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
memos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

get the memo · countermemo · memoise · memo for the record · agency debit memo · memoization · deal memo · agency credit memo · memo for record · memoize · bench memo · miss the memo · on memo · Memogate

Translations (32)

de Memo (a short note) · mk за́писка (a short note) · fi muistio (a short note) · sh pòdsetnīk (a short note) · pl notatka (a short note) · cmn 備忘錄 /备忘录 (a short note) · sh по̀дсјетнӣк (a short note) · cmn 便箋 /便笺 (a short note) · de Zettel (a short note) · tr kısa not (a short note) · sh pòdsjetnīk (a short note) · ru па́мятка (a short note) · fr memorandum (a short note) · sv pm (a short note) · fr note (a short note) · ru запи́ска (a short note) · ru мемора́ндум (a short note) · uk запи́ска (a short note) · de Notiz (a short note) · et meelespea (a short note) · pl zapisek (a short note) · ja メモ (a short note) · es memo (a short note) · mk бе́лешка (a short note) · ru служе́бная запи́ска (a short note) · ko 메모 (a short note) · pt nota (a short note) · uk мемора́ндум (a short note) · uk циду́ла (a short note) · cmn 字條 /字条 (a short note) · sh по̀дсетнӣк (a short note) · gd cuimhneachan (a short note)

memo en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈmeməʉ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmiːməʉ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Clipping of memorandum.

Meanings

  1. (informal) To record something; to make a note of something.
  2. (informal) To send someone a note about something, for the record.
    • I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
memoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
memoed Tense=Past lexicographic
memos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
memoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic