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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Grade’s novels aren’t oracular, the way the section on postwar Vilna in his memoir was.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
In 2021 it was revealed that Cuomo had aides work on his pandemic memoir.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
In his memoir Spare, published in January 2023, Harry wrote about how Perry's kindness made all the difference — with a link to his late mother, Princess Diana.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The memoir chronicles Wynn-Williams’ tenure at Facebook from 2011 through 2017.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
In 2021 it was revealed that Cuomo had aides work on his pandemic memoir.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
In his memoir Spare, published in January 2023, Harry wrote about how Perry's kindness made all the difference — with a link to his late mother, Princess Diana.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The memoir chronicles Wynn-Williams’ tenure at Facebook from 2011 through 2017.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
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memoir
noun
mem·oir
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-ˌwȯ(ə)r
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