memon.int.

Brit.

/ˈmɛməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛmoʊ/

Forms: 1700s– memo, 1800s–1900s memo. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: memorandum n.

Etymology: Shortened < memorandum n. (originally as a graphic abbreviation). Formerly only colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation, but now normally used in preference to memorandum n. except in very formal (e.g. legal and diplomatic) contexts. Compare mem. n.¹

= memorandum n. 1. Formerly also as int.: = memorandum int.

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society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes

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1705 J. Mordaunt Memo 25 May in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) iv. 70 Memo at London—to buy Prunes to Stew & my Powders to take.

1783 W. Beekman Let. 5 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1290 Inclosed is a memo of sundries, which please to buy out of said mony.

a1847 M. Napier in Econ. Jrnl. (1897) 7 269 Memo.—By mistake, I made the sum 70, instead of 80 guineas, as I intended. The addl. 10 guineas was immediately sent.

1886 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 49 753 Memo. on Currency and Standard of Value in England, France, and India.

1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 162/2 This person annotates reports, writes memos.

1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 108 I hope that I shall go To a place where I shall never get an order or memo.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) xiv. 214 When he got to the office he found a memo from Chester severely criticizing the copy he had done for a promotion mailer.

1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts June 385/2 All too often I still..read too many turgid company memos and newspapers.

Phrases

Originally U.S. Used colloquially in humorous phrases such as they didn't get the memo, they missed the memo, indicating that a person is unaware (or acts as if unaware) of an established state of affairs or expected pattern of behaviour. Also in positive contexts, as they got the memo, etc. Also in extended use; cf. quot. 2011.

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1985 Detroit Free Press 2 Dec. 10 f/4 (Comic section) Apparently Hollner didn't get the memo regarding the ‘Kiss’ makeup.

1994 Everybody Mellow Now? in alt.feminism (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Dec. We were supposed to have sex [slap forehead]! I must have missed that memo.

2008 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 27 Jan. g8/1 We all know that war is hell. Looks like Intelligent Systems and Nintendo finally got the memo, too.

2011 @donnunn 21 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My body clock didn't get the memo that it's Saturday and the usual 05:30 wake-up doesn't apply.

2019 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Apr. (Opinion section) We are supposed to get more conservative as we age. Elizabeth Warren didn't get that memo.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

memo book n.

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1786 P. Lyons Let. 25 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 473 I think you included it in a bill of Colo Snelsons on Mr Harford, which..you must find on your Memo book.

a1901 B. E. Woolf Mighty Dollar in B. H. Clark Favorite Amer. Plays 19th Cent. (1943) 500 Char. (with memo book).

memo card n.

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1889 Sir P. Wallis in J. G. Brighton Adm. of Fleet (1892) 217 You have not received a memo. card which I posted you last week.

C2.

memo pad n. a pad of paper intended for writing memos (also in extended use).

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1961 Lebende Sprachen 6 70/1 Memo pad, der Notizblock.

1978 E & A Office Equipm. Catal. 122/1 Memo Pads... Quadrille 5mm.

1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 20/2 I noticed an elderly man..examine glasses for fingerprints..and check the telephone memo pad for indentations.

1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 78/1 (advt.) Calendar, daily schedule with alarm, 3 telephone directories, memo pad, world clock, calculator + paperless printer and hard copy interface.

1998 What Cellphone Nov. 40/2 The most unusual feature of this very distinctive GSM phone is a digital audio ‘memo pad’ that would record up to 20 seconds of a phone call.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

memov.

Brit.

/ˈmɛməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛmoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: memo n.

Etymology: < memo n.

transitive. To convey (information) in or as a memorandum. Sometimes with direct speech as object. Also: to send a memorandum to (a person).

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1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Memo vt, 1: to make a memorandum of or communicate in a memorandum... 2: to send a memorandum to.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. i. 25/1 Bob Martin, food service manager of Harvard's Adams House and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, memos: ‘Your reference the other day to the Old France Restaurant..really brought back memories.’

1968 ‘J. Welcome’ Hell is where you find It xi. 144 This information was..sent..to Simmering and he memoed it..to me.

1992 Observer 22 Nov. 7/2 ‘Tell them I take my hat off to them,’ he memoed Sherrin.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	memo
释义	memon.int. Brit. /ˈmɛməʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɛmoʊ/ Forms: 1700s– memo, 1800s–1900s memo. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: memorandum n. Etymology: Shortened < memorandum n. (originally as a graphic abbreviation). Formerly only colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation, but now normally used in preference to memorandum n. except in very formal (e.g. legal and diplomatic) contexts. Compare mem. n.¹ = memorandum n. 1. Formerly also as int.: = memorandum int. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes remembrancec1380 scrow1426 memoranda1450 memorialc1450 memorandumc1490 memoir1494 ticket1528 note1548 pamphil1571 notation1587 ricordo1617 notandum1645 bulletin1651 memo1705 remark1788 mem.1813 1705 J. Mordaunt Memo 25 May in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) iv. 70 Memo at London—to buy Prunes to Stew & my Powders to take. 1783 W. Beekman Let. 5 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1290 Inclosed is a memo of sundries, which please to buy out of said mony. a1847 M. Napier in Econ. Jrnl. (1897) 7 269 Memo.—By mistake, I made the sum 70, instead of 80 guineas, as I intended. The addl. 10 guineas was immediately sent. 1886 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 49 753 Memo. on Currency and Standard of Value in England, France, and India. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 162/2 This person annotates reports, writes memos. 1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 108 I hope that I shall go To a place where I shall never get an order or memo. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) xiv. 214 When he got to the office he found a memo from Chester severely criticizing the copy he had done for a promotion mailer. 1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts June 385/2 All too often I still..read too many turgid company memos and newspapers. Phrases Originally U.S. Used colloquially in humorous phrases such as they didn't get the memo, they missed the memo, indicating that a person is unaware (or acts as if unaware) of an established state of affairs or expected pattern of behaviour. Also in positive contexts, as they got the memo, etc. Also in extended use; cf. quot. 2011. ΚΠ 1985 Detroit Free Press 2 Dec. 10 f/4 (Comic section) Apparently Hollner didn't get the memo regarding the ‘Kiss’ makeup. 1994 Everybody Mellow Now? in alt.feminism (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Dec. We were supposed to have sex [slap forehead]! I must have missed that memo. 2008 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 27 Jan. g8/1 We all know that war is hell. Looks like Intelligent Systems and Nintendo finally got the memo, too. 2011 @donnunn 21 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My body clock didn't get the memo that it's Saturday and the usual 05:30 wake-up doesn't apply. 2019 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Apr. (Opinion section) We are supposed to get more conservative as we age. Elizabeth Warren didn't get that memo. Compounds C1. General attributive. memo book n. ΚΠ 1786 P. Lyons Let. 25 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 473 I think you included it in a bill of Colo Snelsons on Mr Harford, which..you must find on your Memo book. a1901 B. E. Woolf Mighty Dollar in B. H. Clark Favorite Amer. Plays 19th Cent. (1943) 500 Char. (with memo book). memo card n. ΚΠ 1889 Sir P. Wallis in J. G. Brighton Adm. of Fleet (1892) 217 You have not received a memo. card which I posted you last week. C2. memo pad n. a pad of paper intended for writing memos (also in extended use). ΚΠ 1961 Lebende Sprachen 6 70/1 Memo pad, der Notizblock. 1978 E & A Office Equipm. Catal. 122/1 Memo Pads... Quadrille 5mm. 1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 20/2 I noticed an elderly man..examine glasses for fingerprints..and check the telephone memo pad for indentations. 1991 Personal Computer World Feb. 78/1 (advt.) Calendar, daily schedule with alarm, 3 telephone directories, memo pad, world clock, calculator + paperless printer and hard copy interface. 1998 What Cellphone Nov. 40/2 The most unusual feature of this very distinctive GSM phone is a digital audio ‘memo pad’ that would record up to 20 seconds of a phone call. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). memov. Brit. /ˈmɛməʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɛmoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: memo n. Etymology: < memo n. transitive. To convey (information) in or as a memorandum. Sometimes with direct speech as object. Also: to send a memorandum to (a person). ΚΠ 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Memo vt, 1: to make a memorandum of or communicate in a memorandum... 2: to send a memorandum to. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. i. 25/1 Bob Martin, food service manager of Harvard's Adams House and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, memos: ‘Your reference the other day to the Old France Restaurant..really brought back memories.’ 1968 ‘J. Welcome’ Hell is where you find It xi. 144 This information was..sent..to Simmering and he memoed it..to me. 1992 Observer 22 Nov. 7/2 ‘Tell them I take my hat off to them,’ he memoed Sherrin. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1705v.1961
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