HOW TO PRONOUNCE
memorandum
/ˌmɛmɚˈændəm/
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Stress “ran,” the third syllable.
Keep the r-colored second vowel light, then make the short a in the third syllable strongest before the final dum.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The memorandum explains the next steps.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does memorandum mean?
noun
- A short note serving as a reminder.
- A written business communication.
- A brief diplomatic communication.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmɛmɚˈændəm/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Barbicane, pencil in hand, was tracing geometrical figures in a memorandum book, while his unloaded rifle lay beside him on the ground.
As he spoke he took from his pocket-book the memorandum which had been in Lucy’s breast, and which she had torn in her sleep.
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Taking one of the laboratory note-books, he will write in it a memorandum of the experiments to be tried, illustrated, if necessary, by sketches.
I found him sitting in a snug corner of the hall, consulting his memorandum book, and curling up viciously at the corners of the lips.
Then he mentions the river in a memorandum, which reads strangely to the aeronaut who has made the same night voyage in these latter days.