Memo

//ˈmɛməʊ̯// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
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."
2
a written proposal or reminder wordnet
3
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

1
To record something; to make a note of something. informal
2
To send someone a note about something, for the record. informal
"I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints."

Synonyms

adversaria aide-memoire annotation chit directive docket

Example

"Moreover, what's on the bottom of the memo isn't dirt but a ... b-blood seal!?"

Etymology

Clipping of memorandum.

Related phrases

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