Memorandum Meaning
/ˌmɛm.əˈɹæn.dəm/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA short note serving as a reminder.
nounA written business communication.
Sentence Examples
I haven't yet read the new memorandum on internal security.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The official document sent within a company to announce a new rule is called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two countries signed a ____ of understanding to cooperate on several new environmental projects.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin memorandum, neuter of memorandus (“to be remembered”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"....be more difficult or uncertain than it had been for so many weeks, I had scarcely for a moment adverted to it as necessary, or placed it amongst my memoranda against this parting interview; and my final anxieties being spent in comforting her with hopes, and in pressing upon her the necessity of getting some medicines for a violent cough and hoarseness with which she was troubled, I wholly forgot it until it was too late to recall her."
— 1821, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater:
"The Trump administration will allow federal workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually, according to a memorandum issued Monday by the Office of Personnel Management."
— 2025 July 28, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “Trump administration allows federal workers to promote religious beliefs”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The official document sent within a company to announce a new rule is called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two countries signed a ____ of understanding to cooperate on several new environmental projects.