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Mem

Definition: Mem

Mem

Noun

1. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Mem

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

MEM

EnglishMemphisN/A

MEM

FrenchMémoire morteComputing, Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Mem

English words defined with "mem": Memorandum check. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mem": Novell DOSSCLTotal.. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Mem" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Esperanto (herself, himself, itself, self), Frisian (mother), Latin (mem).

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Modern Usage: Mem

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Mem Sahib (1956)

English Babu Desi Mem (1997)

Papashka i mem (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mem

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bharatiya Sahitya Tatha Silpa Mem Visvakarma (reference)

  • Dear Mem Fox, I Have Read All Your Books Even the Pathetic Ones: And Other Incidents in the Life of a Children's Book Author (reference)

  • Missing Mem (reference)

  • The World Must Know: History of the Holocaust Told in U.S. Holocaust Mem Museum. (reference)

  • Your Miracle Brain: Dramatic New Scientific Evidence Reveals How You Can Use Food and Supplements To: Maximize Brain Power, Boost Your Mem (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

  • Stylecam Blink 640X480 8MB Int Mem Dig Cam - Boxed (reference)

  • EVO W6000 XEON/2GHZ 18GB-SCSI DVD NO MEM NO GRAPHS (reference)

  • USB Hexa Media Read/write Drivecf I/ii Mem Stick Sm Microdr Sd Mmc (reference)

  • IA N64 Mem Asst. (reference)

  • Hewlett Packard Adobe Postscript Level 2 Simm For Laserjet 5/5N (Incl. 2Mb Mem) (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Mem

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Black and white drawing of N.Y. Cancer hospital, Mem. Sloan Kettering.Credit: unknown artist.

Figs.1 and 2, Agaricia agaricites Milne-Edw. and Haime. Fig. 3, cirrhiped covered with coral. Figs. 4-6, Porites clavaria Lamarck. Fig. 7, Porites furcata Lamarck. Figures 9-12, Astrangia solitaria Verrill. Figs. 13-15, Colangia immersa Pourtales. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Mem. of Museum of Comp. Zoo. at Harvard, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XII.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Self-help cooperative, Burbank, California. Organized August 1934. Now has seventy-six active members and is fairly successful. Have applied to the Resettlement Administration for a loan. Have farm of one hundred eighty acres, and supply vegetables to mem.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mem

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Venezuela

The MEM can request the royalty in cash or in kind. (references)

Venezuela

It will be managed by a board of directors composed of five members, all of which will be nominated by the MEM. (references)

Venezuela

The MEM adopted specific measures to encourage participation of national capital in gas activities, and the use of national contractors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mem

"Mem" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 47.22% of the time. "Mem" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)47.22%1785,106
Unclassified Items41.67%1590,616
Lexical Verb (base form)5.56%2245,945
Noun (proper)5.56%2245,945
                    Total100.00%36N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mem

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "mem": mem-sahib.

Containing "mem": re-mem-ber.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mem

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  mem

286

  free mem pro

6

  mem turbo

164

  mem perfume

5

  mem max

51

  mem airport

5

  mem fox

45

  mem speed

5

  free mem

36

  defrag mem

5

  mem test

34

  48u mem memorex

5

  doc mem

29

  mem tester

5

  mem monster

23

  mem c6k flc16m

4

  x mem

20

  mem shannon

4

  mem pro

19

  2 mem x

4

  mem pro speed

10

  mem 32f as53

4

  ins.com mem

10

  mem 16m 52

4

  mem up

8

  man mem

4

  boost mem

8

  co mem

4

  mem maker

7

  mem 16s 52

3

  2.1 mem pro speed

7

  net mem

3

  86 mem test

6

  mem rsp flc20m

3

  booster mem

6

  bad mem pointer

3

  mem phan

6

  check mem

3

  de escola martins mem secundaria

6

  gay mem

3

  mem number paypal.com

6

  iinnocent.com mem

3

  manager mem

6

  mem pro turbo

3
  

ram mem

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mem

Language Translations for "mem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

of madam (ma'am). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mujer casada (mem-sahib). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

minne (keepsake, memento, memory, mind, recall, recollection, relic, remembrance, reminiscence, souvenir, storage, token). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

мемсаіб (mem-sahib). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mem

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

mem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Mem

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 31, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintDissaV clainaV epoihsen tw andri authV ek de bussou kai porfuraV eauth endumata
Latin405VulgateMem stragulam vestem fecit sibi byssus et purpura indumentum eius
Middle English1395WyclifMen. A rai cloth she made to hir; bijs and purpre the clothing of hir.
Jacobean English1611King JamesShe maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Victorian English1833WebsterShe maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Basic English1964OgdenShe makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Mem

LanguageProverbs Chapter 31, Verse 22
CebuanoSiya nagabuhat alang sa iyang kaugalingon ug mga alfombra; Ang iyang saput lino nga manipis ug purpura.
CroatianSama sebi šije pokrivaèe, odijeva se lanom i purpurom.
DanishTæpper laver hun sig, hun er klædt i Byssus og Purpur.
DutchMem. Zij maakt voor zich tapijtsieraad; haar kleding is fijn linnen en purper.
FinnishHän valmistaa itsellensä peitteitä; hienoa pellavaa ja punapurppuraa on hänen pukunsa.
FrenchElle se fait des couvertures, Elle a des vêtements de fin lin et de pourpre.
GermanSie macht sich selbst Decken; feine Leinwand und Purpur ist ihr Kleid.
Haitian CreoleLi fè kouvèti lenn pou kabann yo. Tout rad li yo fèt ak twal wouj tise byen sere.
HungarianSzõnyegeket csinál magának; patyolat és bíbor az õ öltözete.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIa sendiri yang membuat permadaninya; pakaiannya dari kain lenan ungu yang mewah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka diperbuatnya bagi dirinya perhiasan permadani, dan pakaiannya dari pada kain halus yang ungu warnanya.
ItalianSi fa delle coperte, di lino e di porpora sono le sue vesti.
Korean그 는 자 기 를 위 하 여 아 름 다 운 방 석 을 지 으 며 세 마 포 와 자 색 옷 을 입 으 며
MaoriOti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whariki mona; he rinena pai, he papura ona kakahu.
NorwegianHun gjør sig tepper; fint lin og purpur er hennes klædning.
PortugueseMeme. Faz para si cobertas; de linho fino e de púrpura é o seu vestido.   
RumanianEa kwi face knvelitori, are haine de in supyire wi purpurq.
RussianпОБ ДЕМБЕФ УЕВЕ ЛПЧТЩ; ЧЙУУПО Й РХТРХТ--ПДЕЦДБ ЕЕ.
SpanishTapices hace para sí, y se viste de lino fino y púrpura.
SwedishSköna täcken gör hon åt sig, hon har kläder av finaste linne och purpur.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Mem

Derivations

Words beginning with "mem": member, membered, members, membership, memberships, membrane, membraned, membranes, membranous, membranously, meme, memento, mementoes, mementos, memes, memo, memoir, memoirist, memoirists, memoirs, memorabilia, memorabilities, memorability, memorable, memorableness, memorablenesses, memorably, memoranda, memorandum, memorandums, memorial, memorialise, memorialised, memorialises, memorialising, memorialist, memorialists, memorialize, memorialized, memorializes, memorializing, memorially, memorials, memories, memorise, memorised, memorises, memorising, memoriter, memorizable, memorization. (additional references)

Words containing "mem": almemar, almemars, comember, comembers, commemorate, commemorated, commemorates, commemorating, commemoration, commemorations, commemorative, commemoratively, commemoratives, commemorator, commemorators, countermemo, countermemos, cytomembrane, cytomembranes, dismember, dismembered, dismembering, dismemberment, dismemberments, dismembers, disremember, disremembered, disremembering, disremembers, enframement, enframements, enthymeme, enthymemes, homemade, homemaker, homemakers, homemaking, homemakings, immemorial, immemorially, intermembrane, misremember, misremembered, misremembering, misremembers, multimember, nonmember, nonmembers, nonmembership, nonmemberships, remember. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mem

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-m-m"

-1 letter: em, me, mm.

 Words containing the letters "e-m-m"
 

+1 letter: meme, memo, mems, mime, mome.

 

+2 letters: emmer, emmet, femme, gemma, gemmy, gimme, jemmy, lemma, mamey, mamie, memes, memos, mimed, mimeo, mimer, mimes, modem, momes.

 

+3 letters: ammine, bammed, bummed, bummer, commie, cummer, dammed, dammer, dimmed, dimmer, embalm, emblem, emmers, emmets, femmes, gammed, gammer, gemmae, gemmed, gimmes, gimmie, gramme, gremmy, gummed, gummer, hammed, hammer, hemmed, hemmer, hummed, hummer, immane, immesh, immies, immune, immure, jammed, jammer, kummel, lammed, lemmas, limmer, madame, madmen, maihem, maimed, maimer, mameys, mamies, mammae, mammee, mammer, mammet, mammey, mammie, maumet, mayhem, medium, megohm, megrim, member, memoir, memory, mentum, merman, mermen, metump, mimeos, mimers, mismet, modems, moment, momser, momzer, mumble, mummed, mummer, mumped, mumper, museum, nimmed, pommee, pommel, pommie, pummel, rammed, rammer, rimmed, rimmer, rummer, sememe, simmer, smegma, stemma, stemmy, summae, summed, summer, tammie, tommed, yammer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mem


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 65 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "mem"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "mem"

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Public Service or Web Sites Triggered by: Mem