"memorandum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-memorandum.wav [Southern-England] Forms: memorandums [plural], memoranda [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)mer-|id=remember}}, {{lbor|en|la|memorandum}} Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, {{m|la|memorandus|t=to be remembered}} memorandus (“to be remembered”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|memoranda}} memorandum (plural memorandums or memoranda)
  1. A short note serving as a reminder. Translations (short note serving as a reminder): ὑπόμνημα (hupómnēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), беле́жка (beléžka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), запи́ска (zapíska) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 備忘錄 (Chinese Mandarin), 备忘录 (bèiwànglù) (Chinese Mandarin), meelespea (Estonian), muistio (Finnish), mémorandum [masculine] (French), Memorandum [neuter] (German), μνημόνιο (mnimónio) [neuter] (Greek), υπόμνημα (ypómnima) [neuter] (Greek), याददाश्त (yāddāśt) [feminine] (Hindi), メモ (memo) (Japanese), 備忘録 (bibōroku) (alt: びぼうろく) (Japanese), 忘備録 (bōbiroku) (alt: ぼうびろく) (Japanese), 비망록 (bimangnok) (alt: 備忘錄) (Korean), 메모 (memo) (Korean), бе́лешка (béleška) [feminine] (Macedonian), за́писка (zápiska) [feminine] (Macedonian), notatka [feminine] (Polish), zapisek [masculine] (Polish), lembrete [masculine] (Portuguese), заме́тка (zamétka) [feminine] (Russian), запи́ска (zapíska) [feminine] (Russian), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [masculine] (Russian), cuimhneachan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ياداشاتنامو (Sindhi), memorándum [masculine] (Spanish), paandam (Tagalog), sulat-paalaala (Tagalog), andıç [singular] (Turkish), cofnod [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-memorandum-en-noun-KucIpbtk Disambiguation of 'short note serving as a reminder': 93 2 2 3
  2. A written business communication. Categories (topical): Directives Translations (written business communication): 備忘錄 (Chinese Mandarin), 备忘录 (bèiwànglù) (Chinese Mandarin), muistio (Finnish), mémorandum [masculine] (French), Memorandum [neuter] (German), μνημόνιο (mnimónio) [neuter] (Greek), υπόμνημα (ypómnima) [neuter] (Greek), 覚書 (oboegaki) (alt: おぼえがき) (Japanese), 비망록 (bimangnok) (alt: 備忘錄) (Korean), memorando [masculine] (Portuguese), служе́бная запи́ска (služébnaja zapíska) [feminine] (Russian), докладна́я запи́ска (dokladnája zapíska) [feminine] (Russian), докладна́я (dokladnája) [feminine] (Russian), ياداشاتنامو (Sindhi), memorándum [masculine] (Spanish), paandam (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-memorandum-en-noun-Xj4EgUHh Disambiguation of Directives: 2 43 43 12 Disambiguation of 'written business communication': 1 75 22 2
  3. A brief diplomatic communication. Categories (topical): Directives Translations (brief diplomatic communication): հուշագիր (hušagir) (Armenian), мемара́ндум (mjemarándum) [masculine] (Belarusian), мэмара́ндум (memarándum) [masculine] (Belarusian), но́та (nóta) [feminine] (Belarusian), но́та (nóta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 照會 (Chinese Mandarin), 照会 (zhàohuì) (Chinese Mandarin), muistio (Finnish), mémorandum [masculine] (French), Memorandum [neuter] (German), μνημόνιο (mnimónio) [neuter] (Greek), υπόμνημα (ypómnima) [neuter] (Greek), 覚書 (oboegaki) (alt: おぼえがき) (Japanese), но́та (nóta) [feminine] (Macedonian), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [masculine] (Macedonian), memorandum [neuter] (Polish), memorando [masculine] (Portuguese), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [masculine] (Russian), но́та (nóta) (alt: дипломати́ческая) [feminine] (Russian), ياداشاتنامو (Sindhi), memorándum [masculine] (Spanish), promemoria [common-gender] (Swedish), paandam (Tagalog), мемора́ндум (memorándum) [masculine] (Ukrainian), но́та (nóta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-memorandum-en-noun-oPqOgYlD Disambiguation of Directives: 2 43 43 12 Disambiguation of 'brief diplomatic communication': 2 20 76 2
  4. A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year. Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-memorandum-en-noun-tnyjakNh Disambiguation of Directives: 2 43 43 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 7 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 5 9 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 6 11 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: memorandum for record, memorandum for the record, memorandum of association, memorandum of understanding, memorandum opinion, presidential memorandum Related terms: memory, memorate

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "služébnaja zapíska",
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          "word": "հուշագիր"
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          "word": "照會"
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      "word": "μνημόνιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypómnima",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υπόμνημα"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おぼえがき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oboegaki",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "word": "覚書"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nóta",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "но́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "memorándum",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мемора́ндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "memorandum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "memorando"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "memorándum",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мемора́ндум"
    },
    {
      "alt": "дипломати́ческая",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nóta",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "но́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "word": "ياداشاتنامو"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "memorándum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "promemoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "word": "paandam"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "memorándum",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мемора́ндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nóta",
      "sense": "brief diplomatic communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "но́та"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "memorandum"
  ],
  "word": "memorandum"
}

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