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  mem

  noun

  the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
• mem.
  mem.

  abbreviation

  member.

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

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Example Sentences

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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

His prime stipulation for peace: the workers' right to remain mem bers of the A. F. of L.'s textile union.

From Time Magazine Archive

For others, mem ory is obscured by disillusionment, bitter ness and cynicism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here's an "Opal Souvenir," Lovely mem of present year, And it comes from, as we hear, Hildesheimer and Faulkner.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various

"Oh—why—now you mention it—But 'twas only a line—one line—a mere mem. betwixt two gents—and I noticed it had no stamp!"

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren

Frances Dana, 61; 294; mem. serv., 409-10;trib. of Clara Barton, 429; 614.Gage,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper

City of New York, 1889; mem. of New York Stock Exchange many yrs.; apptd.,

From The Mirrors of Washington by John Kirby

Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sec. i. mem. iii.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

There won't be no shaking of that, because I have it in my mem. book, and no Counsel can get the better of it.

From He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

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