ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Memorandum

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Memorandum is a noun meaning A short note serving as a reminder.

Meaning

A short note serving as a reminder.

More Meanings

  1. A written business communication.
  2. A brief diplomatic communication.
  3. A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.

Example Sentences

The Trump administration will allow federal workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually, according to a memorandum issued Monday by the Office of Personnel Management.
....be more difficult or uncertain than it had been for so many weeks, I had scarcely for a moment adverted to it as necessary, or placed it amongst my memoranda against this parting interview; and my final anxieties being spent in comforting her with hopes, and in pressing upon her the necessity of getting some medicines for a violent cough and hoarseness with which she was troubled, I wholly forgot it until it was too late to recall her.

Word Forms

Synonyms for memorandum

Depending on context, synonyms include memo, memoranda.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include memo, publication, synopsis, communication, note, document.

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