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单词 memoir
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memoir

noun

mem·​oir ˈmem-ˌwär How to pronounce memoir (audio)
-ˌwȯr
1
: an official note or report : memorandum
2
a
: a narrative composed from personal experience
every memoir reminds us of the faraway and long ago, of loss and change, of persons and places beyond recall Abigail McCarthy
b
: autobiography
usually used in plural
His memoirs recall his student days at Harvard.
c
: biography
his memoir of his longtime friend
3
a
: an account of something noteworthy : report
the work described and discussed in this memoir represent a first-class investigation J. A. Steers
b
memoirs plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society
memoirist
ˈmem-ˌwär-ist How to pronounce memoir (audio)
-ˌwȯr-
noun

Synonyms

  • bio
  • biography
  • life
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Example Sentences

a retired politician who is writing his memoirs He has written a memoir of his mother. a memoir of Hollywood in the 1930s
Recent Examples on the Web The publisher hasn’t given a date for the memoir’s arrival. Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 The memoir is the latest salvo against the Trump Justice Department, an odd crusade in light of that department’s (a) controversial appointment of a special counsel to investigate the then president, and (b) ... Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 10 Sep. 2022 High School is based on pop duo Tegan and Sara Quin's memoir of the same name and their life as teens growing up in 90's Canada. Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Instead, memoir will be redefined for many readers by Wong’s candid voice, tenacious spirit and necessary truths. Anna Leahy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Aguon’s book is a memoir-manifesto that publishes Tuesday. Agnes Constante, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 Richard Morgan is a writer in New York and the author of Born In Bedlam, a memoir. Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022 Who has the No. 1 celebrity memoir of the past 10 years? Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 The original New Amsterdam was inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer’s memoir Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital and his 15 years as medical director at the hospital. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French memoire, from memoire memory, from Latin memoria

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1

memoir

noun

as in biography
a history of a person's life the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • biography
  • autobiography
  • bio
  • life
  • history
  • hagiography
  • psychobiography
  • chronicle
  • obituary
  • tell-all
  • past
  • story
  • profile
  • character sketch
  • pathography
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