memento
pronunciation
How to pronounce memento in British English:
UK [məˈmentəʊ]
How to pronounce memento in American English:
US [məˈmentoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a reminder of past events
Word Origin
- memento (n.)
- c. 1400, "Psalm cxxxi in the Canon of the Mass" (which begins with the Latin word Memento and in which the dead are commemorated), from Latin memento "remember," imperative of meminisse "to remember, recollect, think of, bear in mind," a reduplicated form, related to mens "mind" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "reminder, object serving as a warning" is from 1580s; sense of "keepsake" is first recorded 1768.
Example
- 1. In years to come , they will be a timeless memento of a magical wedding day .
- 2. In that case , each fan should independently adopt a " mixed strategy " with a one-eighth probability of taking the memento .
- 3. Let us say that memento and refund are equally valuable if 1 00000 take the memento and 7 00000 take the refund .
- 4. In a charming tradition , each visitor is presented on arrival with hot metal chains as a lasting memento of their stay .
- 5. There was probably no irony intended in the choice of memento : a plate emblazoned with a picture of the great wall .