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memo
- /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ UK
- /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ Canada, US
- /ˈmiːməʉ/ Australia
- /ˈmeməʉ/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɛməʊ, -iːməʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping of memorandum.
noun memos
- 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 memos · memoing · memoed
- 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
Closest in meaning: memorandum, memoranda, aide-mémoire, endnote, note, memoir, bulletin, footnote, letter, memorization, aide-memoire, memory, reminder, interoffice, protocol, noted
Translations
Talk about this word "memo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/memo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. memo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/memo "memo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/memo.Cite this
@misc{memo_2026,
title = {memo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/memo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
