mem

¹ 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. ² American  

abbreviation

1. member.

2. memoir.

3. memorandum.

4. memorial.

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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

Mem, mem, mem,’ ” she wrote in a preface to an excerpt from the eventual memoir, “The Shadow Factory,” in The American Scholar.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015

So that might explain why mem was so bored at Ibrox...

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2010

Economist Henry Kaufman expects the discount rate, the price the Federal Reserve charges mem ber banks for loans, to rise a full percent age point in the next two months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Delights of the Poet is a medium-size canvas representing the haunting mem ory of an Italian town square.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Yes, mem; town’s in a fermin, mem, and—” “One cupful mind, Charles,” said Mrs Lower, interrupting him.

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville