memo

noun

ˈme-(ˌ)mō

plural memos

Synonyms of memo next

: a usually brief written message or report : memorandum

Use headlines, bullets, and lists to organize the memo and the proposal.—

Inc. Magazine

When your boss asks you to find a memo you wrote a year ago, it's hard to remember what you named it.—

Susan Kelley

Phrases

get the memo

informal + often humorous

: to hear about or become aware of something generally known

—typically used in negative constructions to point to someone's surprising lack of awareness, to say that something did not happen as expected, etc.

Officials often warn tourists not to enter the water, but several tourists searching for that perfect Instagram photo apparently did not get the memo.—

The San Francisco Chronicle

The calendar may say only five more days until fall, but mother nature did not get the memo. It is going to be hot and feel even hotter over the next couple of days.—

Carrie Duncan

You're not still wearing those acid-washed jeans, are you? Tube socks and shorts? … OK, so no one told you. You didn't get the memo. Those things went out with neckties the size of small landing strips.—

Christine Keating

It was expected to be a five-set test of endurance … But, Edberg apparently did not get the memo because he just dominated Courier and captured his first- ever U.S. Open title with a straight set triumph at the National Tennis Center in New York.—

Van Earl Wright

Examples of memo in a Sentence

He sent a memo to the staff. a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book

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Bondi’s memo said her office would lead the task force with support from the deputy AG and other DOJ offices. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025 According to a memo from City Engineer Seng Thongvanh, the City renewed a long term water purchase agreement with Burnville in 2018, which began in 2019. —

Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Federal Freezing Spending Reversal On January 29, the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded a memo that ordered the freeze of federal assistance grants and aid. —

Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 Who’s covered, who isn’t Most federal agencies are subject to the memo. —

Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for memo