A Memoir Is




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Flash disk for mac. The main feature of a memoir is that it is about a certain time in an author’s life. Screenshot app for mac. It is often a memory or reminiscence of a life-changing event and documents the story from the aspect of challenge through to resolution. More focused than an autobiography, a memoir is an intimate look at a moment in time. Memoir, history or record composed from personal observation and experience.

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.]
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memoir

(ˈmɛmwɑː) n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) obsolete a memorandum
ˈmemoiristn
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mem•oir

(ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr)
n.
1. a record of events based on the writer's personal observation.
2. Usu., memoirs.Memoir
b. the published proceedings of an organization, as of a learned society.
[1560–70; < French mémoire < Latin memoria]
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memoir

A biography or historical account based on personal knowledge; stylistically, memoirs usually indicate fragments of autobiography rather than a complete retelling.

What Genre Is A Memoir

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Noun1.memoir - an account of the author's personal experiences
autobiography - a biography of yourself
2.memoir - an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
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memoir

nounaccount, life, record, register, journal, essay, biography, narrative, monographHe has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.
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memoir

nounA narrative of experiences undergone by the writer:

A Memoir Is Different From An Autobiography In That It

commentary (often used in plural), reminiscence (often used in plural).
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memoir

A Memoir Is[ˈmemwɑːʳ]N
1.memoirs (= autobiography) → memoriasfpl, autobiografíafsing
3. (= essay) → memoriaf
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memoir

nStory
memoirsplMemoirenpl
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memoir

[ˈmɛmwɑːʳ]n (essay

A Memoir Is Written In

) → ; (biography) → nota biografica
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