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- Dictionarymemoir/ˈmɛmwɑː/
noun
- 1. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge: "in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband" Similar
- 2. an essay on a learned subject: "an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea"
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a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places, or events: She has written a memoir of her encounters with famous movie stars over the years. memoirs [ plural ] (US also memoir) a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. See more.
The meaning of MEMOIR is an official note or report : memorandum. How to use memoir in a sentence.
a written record of a usually famous person's own life and experiences: She plans to write her memoirs. Angelou's first volume of memoirs dealt with her childhood. His book is commonly regarded as one of the finest memoirs to come out of the Vietnam war.
A memoir ( / ˈmɛm.wɑːr /; [1] from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [2] [3] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
noun. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation. Usually memoirs. an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society. a biography or biographical sketch. memoir. / ˈmɛmwɑː /
MEMOIR meaning: 1. a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈmemwɑː (r)/ /ˈmemwɑːr/ memoirs. [plural] an account written by somebody, especially somebody famous, about their life and experiences. O'Connor published a childhood memoir. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Memoirs definition: a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources. See examples of MEMOIRS used in a sentence.
Memoir, history or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to, and often confused with, autobiography, a memoir usually differs chiefly in there being a greater degree of emphasis placed on external events in memoirs, whereas autobiographies are concerned primarily with the writer.
A person's memoirs are a written account of the people who they have known and events that they remember. If you've read my earlier memoirs you'll know all about it. In his memoirs, De Gaulle wrote that he had come to London determined to save the French nation. More Synonyms of memoirs. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
