mem.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. member.

2. memoir.

3. memorandum.

4. memorial.

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mem ² American  

[mem] / mɛm /

noun

1. the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

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mem British  

/ mɛm /

noun

1. the 13th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (מ or, at the end of a word, ם), transliterated as m

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Etymology

Origin of mem

1895–1900; < Hebrew mēm, akin to mayim water

Example Sentences

Afflicted with severe aphasia, unable to process language, Mr. West could initially only repeat the cryptic syllable “mem.”

From New York Times

Such is the endurance of childhood mem­ories that anyone who has ever grown up with a summer home can’t help but view all family getaways through the prism of those early experiences.

From Architectural Digest

Little more than a link and a line identifying the sender, Dec. 11th's email started like this: “Hi, I am a mem of guard-of-pis.”

From Los Angeles Times

It tasted warm and animal, if my mem­ory is right.

From Literature

People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had mem­orized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.

From Literature