memo
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- noun
- /ˈmɛmoʊ/
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memorando
- Before the deadline, she typed up a memo to remind everyone of their tasks.
- write a memo
- issue a memo
- office memo
So, and then we read those memos silently in the meeting.
- So, and then we read those memos silently in the meeting.
- It's like I need to write a memo on this thing.
- And essentially this OLC memo says you can't obstruct.
- There's a Tim Cook internal memo that he sent.
- The Exxon memo, like I flagged it in here.
- And he would send us memos with intros from different generals.
- Maybe they have a text thread, maybe it's in interoffice memo on e-mail.
- So this is written on telephone memo pad.
- OK, well guess I'm not a didn't get the memo My whole life.
Examples
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NASA made its last best case in a memo to the White House.
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Please address the memo to your supervisor, Ms. Johnson. Describe the results of your research.
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It's like I need to write a memo on this thing.
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OK, then record the memo and send it to them.
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And in their report, in their memo released on Friday, what did they say?
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But I would write a memo saying, Hey, this piece is strong.
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- I sent you a memo on it.
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They sent a memo out after my father's death.
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The student evaluators assess the memo and provide written comments on it.
Academic text (2008) -
Internally, Rosenthal sent a memo to the Times's publisher, Arthur O.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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A short note or text someone sends to give information
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A short written message to remind or tell someone something
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Something that helps you remember things you must do or facts
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A written message giving information to people
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A message that tells you about something, often sent by email or an app
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A short written message used at work to give information or reminders
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A formal letter that gives important information
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A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet
A short written summary of the main facts
A short note left to tell or remind someone
Idioms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word memo comes from the longer Latin word memorandum, which means 'something to be remembered', and it shares the same root as the English word memory. So a memo is a short written note to inform or remind someone.