noun
Meaning 1
A short note; a memorandum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
memo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛməʊ̯/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/
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Australian: /ˈmiːməʉ/
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Australian: /ˈmeməʉ/
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rhymes with -ɛməʊ
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rhymes with -iːməʊ
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 M OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To record something; to make a note of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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verb
Meaning 4
To send someone a note about something, for the record.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a written proposal or reminder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: memorandum, memoranda
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note
Narrower terms: aide-memoire, position paper
History
Etymology
Clipping of memorandum.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 備忘錄 /备忘录 (bèiwànglù) — a short note
- Chinese Mandarin: 便箋 /便笺 (biànjiān) — a short note
- Chinese Mandarin: 字條 /字条 (zìtiáo) — a short note
- Estonian: meelespea — a short note
- Finnish: muistio — a short note
- French: note — a short note
- French: memorandum — a short note
- German: Memo — a short note
- German: Notiz — a short note
- German: Zettel — a short note
- Japanese: メモ (memo) — a short note
- Korean: 메모 (memo) — a short note
- Macedonian: бе́лешка (béleška) — a short note
- Macedonian: за́писка (zápiska) — a short note
- Polish: notatka — a short note
- Polish: zapisek — a short note
- Portuguese: nota — a short note
- Russian: запи́ска (zapíska) — a short note
- Russian: па́мятка (pámjatka) — a short note
- Russian: мемора́ндум (memorándum) — a short note
- Russian: служе́бная запи́ска (služébnaja zapíska) — a short note
- Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan — a short note
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсетнӣк — a short note
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсјетнӣк — a short note
- Serbo-Croatian: pòdsetnīk — a short note
- Serbo-Croatian: pòdsjetnīk — a short note
- Spanish: memo — a short note
- Swedish: pm — a short note
- Turkish: kısa not — a short note
- Ukrainian: запи́ска (zapýska) — a short note
- Ukrainian: циду́ла (cydúla) — a short note
- Ukrainian: мемора́ндум (memorándum) — a short note