memo

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US /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ UK /ˈmɛməʊ̯/
noun verb Freq #8363

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    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. 2
    noun

    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.

  3. 3
    verb

    To send someone a note about something, for the record.

    I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

  4. 4
    noun

    a written proposal or reminder

  5. 5
    verb

    To record something; to make a note of something.

Etymology

Clipping of memorandum.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
4 noun · a written proposal or reminder memorandamemorandum
Word family
Derived forms countermemomemogatememoisememoizationmemoize

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