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memoranda

memoranda

5 5.8
Short written messages people use at work to give information or reminders
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛməˈrændə/
  • Formal
: 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.

Examples

  • Your honor, this document contains executive memoranda that are stolen work papers and may not be admitted.

    The Rainmaker (1997)

  • 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.

    New Chilling Tales: The Anthology (2018)

  • You stick to clients, you stick to memoranda only.

    Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

  • "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

note
vsmemoranda
∞ 1.0

A short written message to remind or tell someone something

is more formal and covers official proposals and reminders rather than brief notes
memo
vsmemoranda
341 1.8

A short written note used at work to inform or remind people

is more formal and used in official or institutional contexts
memorandum
vsmemoranda
  • Formal
48 5.4

A short written message used at work to give information or reminders

is the plural form used for those formal written messages
aide-memoire
vsmemoranda
  • Formal
9.7

A short written note that reminds people of the main points

is broader, covering all formal written proposals, messages, or reminders

How Formal

memoranda
  • Formal
5 5.8
report
∞ 1.3
briefing
368 3.7
memo
341 1.8
note
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

memoranda plural

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.