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
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
J. A. Steers
b
memoirs plural
: the record of the proceedings of a learned society
Examples of memoir in a Sentence
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
Get your appetites ready, because Stanley Tucci is dishing out a new food memoir.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The story raised questions, as Sheehy had written in his memoir about aerial firefighting and said on the campaign trail that the bullet in his arm is from his days in active combat.
—Shaylee Ragar, NPR, 5 June 2024
Mandisa released six studio albums in total, receiving five Grammy nominations overall, and also published a memoir, Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God's Joy, in 2022.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 June 2024
Chinn also is adapting her memoir into a streaming series that will focus on her parents, Peter and Nellie Chinn, Mah Jong and her Chinese heritage.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The story raised questions, as Sheehy had written in his memoir about aerial firefighting and said on the campaign trail that the bullet in his arm is from his days in active combat.
—Shaylee Ragar, NPR, 5 June 2024
Mandisa released six studio albums in total, receiving five Grammy nominations overall, and also published a memoir, Out of the Dark: My Journey Through the Shadows to Find God's Joy, in 2022.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 June 2024
Chinn also is adapting her memoir into a streaming series that will focus on her parents, Peter and Nellie Chinn, Mah Jong and her Chinese heritage.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
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memoir
noun
mem·oir
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