memo

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UK /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ US /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/

noun 2verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

internal

QUANT

copy

VERB + MEMO

draft, write | circulate, send (out) | receive | sign | leak

MEMO + NOUN

pad

PREP

in a/the ~

~ from, ~ of

I received a memo from the marketing department about the new product launch.

~ on

The manager sent a memo on safety procedures to all department heads yesterday.

~ to

The manager sent a memo to all employees about the new parking policy.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

verb

To record something; to make a note of something.

To send someone a note about something, for the record.

I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a written proposal or reminder

memorandum
memoranda

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

get the memo

To receive an item of information.

Apart from that, it was England’s attack against Latvia’s massed defence. Marcus Rashford had got the memo to take on his man; he was positive, although the end product consistentl

miss the memo

To be unaware of the current state of affairs.

Nevertheless, Bumble, the dating app which once styled itself as a beacon of women’s empowerment because heterosexual women had to make the first move, appears to have missed the m

Example Bank

Wiktionary

The first is that the recursive call finds its subproblem solution in the memo and returns immediately.

Wiktionary

I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

Wiktionary

Where has that memo got to?

Tatoeba · #68610

Moreover, what's on the bottom of the memo isn't dirt but a ... b-blood seal!?

Tatoeba · #327039

On the memo was scrawled, "have her practice floating in the water."

Tatoeba · #327328

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, memo is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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