Other Refferences: The Definition Dictionary.com Merriam Webster Wikipedia Share This Meaning: Show English Meaning Noun (1) an account of the author's personal. (1) Tolstoy set out to write a personal memoir of O'Brian, but it turned into a full biography. (2) On the insistence of past pupils and their parents, Joan and Joscelyne wrote a short memoir of their life's work.
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(mĕm′wär′, -wôr′)n.
1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
3. A biography or biographical sketch.
4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.
5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.
[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]
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memoirs
(ˈmɛmwɑːz) pl n1. (Journalism & Publishing) a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an autobiographical record
3. a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc
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memories1. 'memoirs'
When someone writes their memoirs, they write a book about people and events that they remember.
They're making a movie of his war memoirs.
2. 'memories'You do not use 'memoirs' to refer to things that you remember about the past. The word you use is memories.
One of my earliest memories is of a total eclipse of the sun.
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memoirs
plural nounautobiography, diary, life story, life, experiences, memories, journals, recollections, reminiscencesIf you've read my memoirs, you'll know about it.Quotations
'To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself' [Marshal Pétain]
'To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself' [Marshal Pétain]
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paměti
muistelmat
emlékiratok
atsiminimaimemuarai
anılarhatırat
memoirs
[ˈmɛmwɑːrz]npl (= autobiographical account) →
mémoiresmplto write one's memoirs → écrire ses mémoiresmemo pad n → bloc-notesm
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memoirs
(ˈmemwaːz) noun plural a person's written account of his own life; an autobiography. When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs. memoires مُذَكَّرات мемоари memórias paměti die Memoiren (pl.) erindringer; memoirer απομνημονεύματαmemorias, autobiografía mälestused زندگی نامه شخصی muistelmat mémoires זִיכרוֹנוֹת जीवनी, वितरण životopis, memoari emlékiratok otobiografi æviminningar, sjálfsævisaga memorie 回顧録 회고록, 자서전 memuarai, atsiminimai memuāri; autobiogrāfija autobiografi memoiresselvbiografi, erindringer, memoarer pamiętniki ژوند ليك شخصى memórias memorii мемуары pamäti spomini memoari memoarer อัตชีวประวัติ anılar, hatırat 回憶錄 мемуари, спогади تذکرہ، سوانح hồi ký 回忆录
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mem·oir
(mĕm′wär′, -wôr′)n.1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.
3. A biography or biographical sketch.
4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.
5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.
[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
memoirs
(ˈmɛmwɑːz) pl n1. (Journalism & Publishing) a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an autobiographical record
3. a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
memoirs
– memories1. 'memoirs'When someone writes their memoirs, they write a book about people and events that they remember.
They're making a movie of his war memoirs.
2. 'memories'You do not use 'memoirs' to refer to things that you remember about the past. The word you use is memories.
One of my earliest memories is of a total eclipse of the sun.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
memoirs
plural nounautobiography, diary, life story, life, experiences, memories, journals, recollections, reminiscencesIf you've read my memoirs, you'll know about it.Quotations
'To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself' [Marshal Pétain]
'To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself' [Marshal Pétain]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
paměti
muistelmat
emlékiratok
atsiminimaimemuarai
anılarhatırat
memoirs
[ˈmɛmwɑːrz]npl (= autobiographical account) → mémoiresmplMeaning Of English Word Memoir In Malayalam
to write one's memoirs → écrire ses mémoiresmemo pad n → bloc-notesm
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
memoirs
(ˈmemwaːz) noun plural a person's written account of his own life; an autobiography. When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs. memoires مُذَكَّرات мемоари memórias paměti die Memoiren (pl.) erindringer; memoirer απομνημονεύματαmemorias, autobiografía mälestused زندگی نامه شخصی muistelmat mémoires זִיכרוֹנוֹת जीवनी, वितरण životopis, memoari emlékiratok otobiografi æviminningar, sjálfsævisaga memorie 回顧録 회고록, 자서전 memuarai, atsiminimai memuāri; autobiogrāfija autobiografi memoiresselvbiografi, erindringer, memoarer pamiętniki ژوند ليك شخصى memórias memorii мемуары pamäti spomini memoari memoarer อัตชีวประวัติ anılar, hatırat 回憶錄 мемуари, спогади تذکرہ، سوانح hồi ký 回忆录
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