memoirs
USMEM-wahrz/ˈmɛmˌwɑɹz/UKMEM-wahz/ˈmɛmˌwɑːz/
- 1A book in which someone tells the story of their own life.
Like a scrapbook of your whole life, but written out in words.
Her memoirs describe growing up on a small farm.
He spent two years writing his memoirs after retiring.
Similarautobiography, recollections, reminiscences
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- 2Plural of memoir. Use this form when talking about more than one memoir.
The library shelved several memoirs by famous explorers.
She read two memoirs over winter break.
Note
memoirs is a form of memoir
memoir, noun: A book in which a writer tells the story of their own life. Full entry
- Forms
- memoirmemoirs plural
- Spelling
- memoir → memoirs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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