"memo" meaning in English

See memo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ [UK], /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-memo.wav Forms: memos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛməʊ Etymology: Clipping of memorandum. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|memorandum}} Clipping of memorandum Head templates: {{en-noun}} memo (plural memos)
  1. A short note; a memorandum. Translations (a short note): 備忘錄 (Chinese Mandarin), 备忘录 (bèiwànglù) (Chinese Mandarin), 便箋 (Chinese Mandarin), 便笺 (biànjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 字條 (Chinese Mandarin), 字条 (zìtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), meelespea (Estonian), muistio (Finnish), note [feminine] (French), memorandum [masculine] (French), Memo [neuter] (German), Notiz [feminine] (German), Zettel [masculine] (German), メモ (memo) (Japanese), 메모 (memo) (Korean), бе́лешка (béleška) [feminine] (Macedonian), за́писка (zápiska) [feminine] (Macedonian), notatka [feminine] (Polish), zapisek [masculine] (Polish), nota [feminine] (Portuguese), запи́ска (zapíska) [feminine] (Russian), па́мятка (pámjatka) [feminine] (Russian), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [formal, masculine] (Russian), служе́бная запи́ска (služébnaja zapíska) (english: office memo) [feminine] (Russian), cuimhneachan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̀дсетнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), по̀дсјетнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòdsetnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòdsjetnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pm [abbreviation] (Swedish), kısa not (Turkish), запи́ска (zapýska) [feminine] (Ukrainian), циду́ла (cydúla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-memo-en-noun-O-ahKR1G Disambiguation of 'a short note': 100 0
  2. (programming) A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation. Categories (topical): Programming, Directives
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ [UK], /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-memo.wav Forms: memos [present, singular, third-person], memoing [participle, present], memoed [participle, past], memoed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛməʊ Etymology: Clipping of memorandum. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|memorandum}} Clipping of memorandum Head templates: {{en-verb}} memo (third-person singular simple present memos, present participle memoing, simple past and past participle memoed)
  1. (informal) To record something; to make a note of something. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-memo-en-verb-HlmEIXTZ
  2. (informal) To send someone a note about something, for the record. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-memo-en-verb-p9-CJX3u

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a short note",
      "word": "備忘錄"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "便笺"
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      "sense": "a short note",
      "word": "字条"
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      "sense": "a short note",
      "word": "muistio"
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      "sense": "a short note",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a short note",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a short note",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Notiz"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a short note",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "메모"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a short note",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a short note",
      "word": "kısa not"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýska",
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        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cydúla",
      "sense": "a short note",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "циду́ла"
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