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
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Hoppus announced the memoir in September and teased it in an infomercial-style video.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
The memoir offers Witt’s life as a lens into America from 2016 to 2020.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The products themselves, said Hilary Beard, who helped Johnson write his memoir, contributed in its own way to the growth of a Black middle class in America.
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She’s also had roles in movies like Despicable Me, Late Night, and Ocean’s 8, written two memoirs, and won a Tony Award.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
The memoir offers Witt’s life as a lens into America from 2016 to 2020.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The products themselves, said Hilary Beard, who helped Johnson write his memoir, contributed in its own way to the growth of a Black middle class in America.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
She’s also had roles in movies like Despicable Me, Late Night, and Ocean’s 8, written two memoirs, and won a Tony Award.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memoir. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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memoir
noun
mem·oir
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-ˌwȯ(ə)r
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