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In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.
Gerald Clarke

Meaning of "memoirs" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEMOIRS

memoirs  [ˈmɛmwɑːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEMOIRS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Memoirs is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEMOIRS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

memoirs

Memoir

Memoir, is a literary nonfiction genre. More specifically, it is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private that took place in the author's life. The assertions made in the work are understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of autobiography since the late 20th century, the genre is differentiated in form, presenting a narrowed focus. Like most autobiographies, memoirs are written from the first-person point of view. An autobiography tells the story of a life, while memoir tells a story from a life, such as touchstone events and turning points from the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist.

Definition of memoirs in the English dictionary

The first definition of memoirs in the dictionary is a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources. Other definition of memoirs is an autobiographical record. Memoirs is also a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEMOIRS


Abkhaz
æbˈkɑːz
Ahvaz
ɑːˈvɑːz
Ahwaz
ɑːˈwɑːz
bourgeoise
ˈbʊəʒwɑːz
churidars
ˈtʃuːrɪˌdɑːz
dacquoise
dɑːkwɑːz
embourgeoise
ɪmˈbʊəʒwɑːz
fau-pas
ˌfəʊˈpɑːz
genoise
dʒeɪˈnwɑːz
handlebars
ˈhændəlˌbɑːz
Mars
mɑːz
misparse
ˌmɪsˈpɑːz
parse
pɑːz
SARS
sɑːz
Shiraz
ʃɪəˈrɑːz
vase
vɑːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEMOIRS

memo
memo pad
memoir
memoirism
memoirist
memorabile
memorabilia
memorability
memorable
memorableness
memorably
memoranda
memoranda of association
memorandum
memorandum of association
memorandum of understanding
memorandums of association
memorative
memoria technica
memorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEMOIRS

affairs
airs
body repairs
cross hairs
current affairs
Department of External Affairs
devoirs
downstairs
External Affairs
foreign affairs
musical chairs
of theirs
pairs
Pamirs
public affairs
split hairs
stairs
state of affairs
theirs
upstairs

Synonyms and antonyms of memoirs in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEMOIRS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «memoirs» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of memoirs

Translation of «memoirs» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEMOIRS

Find out the translation of memoirs to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of memoirs from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «memoirs» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回忆录
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

memorias
570 millions of speakers

English

memoirs
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संस्मरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مذكرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мемуары
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

memórias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মৃতিকথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mémoires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memoir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Memoiren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回顧録
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회고록
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Memoir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hồi ký
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரலாற்றில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संस्मरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hatıralar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

memorie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wspomnienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мемуари
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

memoriile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απομνημονεύματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

memoirs
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

memoarer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

memoarer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of memoirs

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMOIRS»

The term «memoirs» is very widely used and occupies the 20.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMOIRS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «memoirs» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «memoirs» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about memoirs

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEMOIRS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word memoirs.
1
Isabel Allende
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!
2
Edward Ball
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.
3
Pat Barker
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
4
David Ben-Gurion
Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.
5
Belle Boyd
My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled all Europe and filled her inhabitants with horror - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
6
Craig Brown
You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.
7
Augusten Burroughs
With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it.
8
Italo Calvino
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan.
9
Gerald Clarke
In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.
10
Brett Davern
I love memoirs and autobiographies in general.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEMOIRS»

Discover the use of memoirs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to memoirs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memoirs
For the "old crocodile," as Williams called himself late in life, the past was always present, and so it is with his continual shifting and intermingling of times, places, and memories as he weaves this story.
Tennessee Williams, 1975
2
Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev
This is the third and last volume of the only complete and fully reliable English-language version of the memoirs of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Sergeĭ Khrushchev, 2007
3
Memoirs
From the Trade Paperback edition.
David Rockefeller, 2011
4
Memoirs
The former Soviet leader who dismantled his country's empire recounts his rise within the Communist Party, his disenchantment with communism, his relations with the U.S., and his attempt to create a peaceful revolution
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, 1996
5
Memoirs
Douglas Hurd retired as Foreign Secretary in 1995 after a distinguished career in Government spanning 16 years.
Douglas Hurd, 2004
6
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century. From the Hardcover edition.
Catherine the Great, 2007
7
Memoirs of a Revolutionist
From his privileged childhood to his role in upending the social order during the turmoil of the late-19th-century Europe, this is an extraordinary firsthand account of a fabled time and place, told by a writer of exquisite insight and ...
Peter Kropotkin, Georg Brandes, 2009
8
Memoirs from the Women's Prison
Provides an account of the author's twenty-two day term in a women's prison in Egypt, where she was held on charges of attacking the ruling system, and where she stayed until President Sadat was assassinated
Nawāl Saʻdāwī, 1986
9
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Facsimile reprint. Originally published: London; New York: The Century Co., 1926.
Halide Adivar Edib, Halide Edib Advar, 2005
10
An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
But that he endured the ongoing horror with an open heart, with love and without vitriol, and has written about it so beautifully is truly miraculous. This is Gad Beck's story.
Gad Beck, Frank Heibert, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEMOIRS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term memoirs is used in the context of the following news items.
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17 Memoirs By Women You Should Add To Your Reading List
The remarkable women on this list of unputdownable memoirs have shared the most personal and painful parts of their lives through their ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
If These 5 Black Women Wrote Memoirs, We'd Pick Them Up In A …
Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book Between the World and Me quickly ascended to bestseller status on Amazon after its release last week (moved up ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
3
Listen To Dayne Jordan's DJ Jazzy Jeff Co-Signed Memoirs of …
We presented the work of Dayne Jordan in our Certified Fresh section and the Philadelphia product continues to excel. Today (July 21) he ... «Hip-Hop Wired, Jul 15»
4
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and …
Season tickets will go on sale August 1, 2015. Tickets to the first show of the season, Brighton Beach Memoirs, will also go on sale August 1. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Dayne Jordan - Memoirs of Dayne Jordan Audio
For more than a year, he and Jeff have been in the studio, working on Memoirs of Dayne Jordan, which dropped earlier today (July 21). «Ambrosia For Heads, Jul 15»
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William Finnegan's 'Barbarian Days': Memoirs of a literate surfer …
BARBARIAN DAYS: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan. Penguin Press, 447 pp., $27.95. William Finnegan was given a surfboard for his 11th ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
7
Memoirs of a photographer
Childhood photos have a special meaning even to photographers. Austin Tufigno and Francesca Attard show their childhood photos to ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
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Memoirs of a Dipper by Nell Leyshon review – a fearless tale of a …
Memoirs of a Dipper seeks to explore a world rarely depicted in literary fiction, ... To order Memoirs of a Dipper for £12.99 (RRP £16.99) go to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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13 Shocking Celebrity Memoirs That Will Totally Blow Your Mind …
A tawdry love affair with a married senator isn't exactly what you'd expect from the memoirs of a respected television journalist. And yet, with the publication of ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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'Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs' At The Norman Rockwell Museum
Roz Chast has loved to draw cartoons since she was a child growing up in Brooklyn and began selling cartoons to The New Yorker as soon as ... «WAMC, Jul 15»

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