Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A keepsake.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hint, suggestion, notice, or memorial to awaken memory; that which reminds; a reminder of what is past or of what is to come; specifically, a souvenir.
- noun Synonyms Souvenir, etc. (see
memorial ), remembrancer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
keepsake ; an object kept as areminder of a place or event.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reminder of past events
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some of the miners gathered a few rocks to take with them, a memento from the place they called home for more than two months.
Chile mine rescue underway; 8 hoisted safely to surface Juan Forero 2010
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Some of the pilgrims take home a bottle of holy water or a memento from the church, conveniently available on the way out.
San Juan de Los Lagos: The Virgin, her basilica, her pilgrims, and their exvotos 2009
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Some of the pilgrims take home a bottle of holy water or a memento from the church, conveniently available on the way out.
San Juan de Los Lagos: The Virgin, her basilica, her pilgrims, and their exvotos 2009
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No earring memento from the Second Queen to Chagum (as seen in episode 1).
Extra: [book 1] Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit « Undercover 2009
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The only reason I gave begins a chance was due to nolan's involvement (memento is one of my all time favorites).
Sound Off: The Dark Knight - What Did You Think?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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So I think if it's not on there's it probably personal preference, as Sean Dailey said. sean dailey to my knowledge, the special edition of memento is the only film nolan's done a commentary on. i think he just doesn't like doing them. i doubt the "rush" has anything to do with it.
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The memento is a AAA shell casing, which has the following inscription [in Vietnamese]:
Osborne, Dale H. 1977
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No letter from Denver – no memento from the Klondike, no word even from Wallace, who had gone north with his brother.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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The memento is a reference to the repeal in 1999 of Depression-era legislation; the repeal overturned core financial regulations, allowed for the creation of Citi and helped feed the Wall Street boom.
NYT > Home Page By KATRINA BROOKER 2010
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'' I've got to have some kind of memento or other, '' Stankowski added, forgetting the scorecard on which he marked 74-78, more than enough strokes to miss the cut.
News digest 1996
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