plural memos
: a usually brief written message or report : memorandum
Use headlines, bullets, and lists to organize the memo and the proposal.—
Inc. Magazine
Inc. MagazineWhen your boss asks you to find a memo you wrote a year ago, it's hard to remember what you named it.—Susan Kelley
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 San Francisco ChronicleThe 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
Carrie DuncanYou'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
Christine KeatingIt 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
Van Earl WrightExamples 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Michelle Pascucci, state trial attorney for the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, said that the USDA could have issued another guidance memo when the Supreme Court's stay took effect.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
In an address to BBC staff on Monday, Davie suggested that his decision was as much to do with the cumulative pressure of five years in the top job as the handling of the Prescott memo itself.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Prescott penned the excoriating memo that is ground zero for this crisis.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Why this memo has blown up the BBC The BBC is at an inflection point.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
In an address to BBC staff on Monday, Davie suggested that his decision was as much to do with the cumulative pressure of five years in the top job as the handling of the Prescott memo itself.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Prescott penned the excoriating memo that is ground zero for this crisis.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Why this memo has blown up the BBC The BBC is at an inflection point.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Memo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memo. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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