: 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 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 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 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
He sent a memo to the staff. a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book
Recent Examples on the WebMany of those who were supposed to get that memo apparently did not. Michael Stahl, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2022 That memo refers only to a binder of information, however. Vivian Salama, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022 Turns out that not everyone has gotten that memo, so to speak. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 If conservatives were going to retrench after this week's vote in Kansas, the governor of Florida did not get the memo. Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2022 But Lyonne steals the show as Merton, playing the lightning-fast turtle as a lascivious little old lady who didn’t get the memo that’s there’s no cursing in a kids’ movie. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 If tiny homes and #vanlife are the way of the future, the stars of Selling Sunset did not get the memo. Emily Smith, EW.com, 9 July 2022 In an interview with National Review, Eastman was asked about his discussions with Lee regarding that memo. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022 Signed onto that memo, as well, was the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national trade association representing solar companies. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 8 June 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | ... OF MEMO | VERB + MEMO | MEMO + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤internal內部備忘錄➤classified, confidential, secret保密的/機密的/秘密的備忘錄➤leaked泄露的備忘錄◇the contents of a leaked memo一份被泄露的備忘錄的內容... OF MEMO➤copy一份備忘錄VERB + MEMO➤draft, prepare, type, write起草備忘錄;準備備忘錄;打備忘錄;寫備忘錄▸➤circulate, distribute, issue, post, put out, release, send, send out傳閱備忘錄;發佈備忘錄;散發備忘錄◇I just posted this memo onto my blog.我剛剛把這份備忘錄發佈在我的博客上了。➤get, receive得到/收到備忘錄➤obtain獲得備忘錄◇a government memo obtained by the Associated Press美聯社獲得的一份政府備忘錄➤read, see閱讀備忘錄;看備忘錄▸➤sign在備忘錄上簽字▸➤leak泄露備忘錄(內容)MEMO + NOUN➤pad備忘錄便箋➤line (NAmE) 備註欄PREPOSITION➤in a/the memo在備忘錄中▸➤memo about關於⋯的備忘錄◇An internal memo about his departure had already circulated.一份關於他離開的內部備忘錄已經在傳閱了。➤memo from, memo of來自⋯的備忘錄;⋯的備忘錄◇my memo of June 28我 6 月 28 日的備忘錄➤memo on關於⋯的備忘錄◇a memo on the curriculum changes from the Head of Education來自教育主管關於課程變化的備忘錄➤memo to給⋯的備忘錄◇She circulated a memo to the staff.她把備忘錄散發給員工。