memorandum
/ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/
memorandum noun: a short note serving as a reminder.
Noun
memorandum (plural memorandums or memoranda)
- A short note serving as a reminder.
- ....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...1821, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- A written business communication.
- 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.2025 July 28, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “Trump administration allows federal workers to promote religious beliefs”, in CNN
- A brief diplomatic communication.
- A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.
memorandum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
memorandum in Hindi
- short note serving as a reminder
- याददाश्त yāddāśt
- written business communication
- ज्ञापन jñāpan
- brief diplomatic communication
- ज्ञापन jñāpan
memorandum in Tamil
- குறிப்பாணை, கோரிக்கை மனு, நிகழ்ச்சிப்பதிவுக் குறிப்பு, நினைப்பூட்டுக் குறிப்பு
memorandum in Urdu
- یاد داشت
memorandum in Bengali
- স্মারকলিপি, মেমো, বিশেষ দ্রষ্টব্য
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- memorandum in Telugu
- మెమోరాండం, మెమోరాండమ్
- memorandum in Malayalam
- ഓർമ്മക്കുറിപ്പ്, നിവേദനപത്രിക
- memorandum in Kannada
- ಹೇಳಿವೆ, ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡುದು, ನೆನಪಿನ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ, ಲಿಖಿತ ದಾಖಲೆ
- memorandum in Punjabi
- ਮੈਮੋਰੰਡਮ
- memorandum in Gujarati
- મેમોરેન્ડમ, મેમોરેન્મેન્ટ
- memorandum in Odia
- ସ୍ମାରକୀ ପତ୍ର, ସ୍ମାରକ ପତ୍ର, ସ୍ମାରକପତ୍ର
- memorandum in Nepali
- ज्ञापन पत्र, ज्ञापनपत्र, मेमोरेन्डम
- memorandum in Tagalog
- paandam, sulat-paalaala
- memorandum in Arabic
- مُذَكِرَة muḏakirah
- Sindhi
- ياداشاتنامو yādāśātnāmo
Examples of memorandum in a sentence
- Okubo's memorandum was essentially a blueprint for making modern Japan a successful example of Herodism.
- In addition, a memorandum was kept containing receipts and issues of toddy drawn at a toddy tope.
- He was copying memoranda on a long sheet of legal cap.
Forms of memorandum
| plural | memorandums |
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| plural | memoranda |
Origin of memorandum
Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”).
Words formed from memorandum
Phrases with memorandum
Questions about memorandum
- What does memorandum mean?
- Memorandum means a short note serving as a reminder.
- What is memorandum in Hindi?
- Memorandum in Hindi is याददाश्त (yāddāśt), ज्ञापन (jñāpan). See Memorandum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is memorandum?
- Memorandum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce memorandum?
- Memorandum is pronounced /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/.
- What is the plural of memorandum?
- The plural of memorandum is memorandums.
Words near memorandum in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: memorandum (page history and authors); memorandum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memorandum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memorandum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memorandum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); memorandum (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memorandum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); memorandum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); memorandum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); memorandum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); memorandum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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