memoranda
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5.8
- noun
- /ˌmɛməˈrændə/
- Formal
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memorandos
- Clearly, the results of this study have implications beyond writing office memoranda.
- memoranda of understanding
- memoranda of agreement
- legal memoranda
And Hoover wrote letterhead memoranda that summer to the CIA.
- And Hoover wrote letterhead memoranda that summer to the CIA.
Examples
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Your honor, this document contains executive memoranda that are stolen work papers and may not be admitted.
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To support the coordinated use of resources, memoranda of agreement have been developed among the agencies involved.
Academic text (1993) -
You may use any notes or memoranda as you please.
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You stick to clients, you stick to memoranda only.
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"I'm glad you brought his private memoranda to my attention."
Fiction book (2001) -
During its first year, the committee mainly exchanged memoranda on possibilities for research and seemed reluctant to take up action proposals.
Academic text (1992) -
The software will allow 180 lawyers in 29 locations worldwide to access legal memoranda, complete with updates and annotations, said Weise.
Academic text (1993) -
In the file are pages and pages of Xeroxed memoranda, letters, charts, graphs, and handwritten notes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Citing their increasing contributions to the Ghanaian economy, they sent memoranda and delegations to Ghana to lobby opinion makers.
Academic text (1998) -
The team reviewed all the memoranda submitted before making their final decision.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short written message to remind or tell someone something
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1.8
A short written note used at work to inform or remind people
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5.4
A short written message used at work to give information or reminders
A short written note that reminds people of the main points
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word memoranda is the plural of memorandum, and it comes from the Latin root memor meaning 'mindful' or 'remember'. A memorandum originally meant 'something to be remembered', so memoranda are written reminders or notes used in official work.