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noun
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
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noun
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
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noun
Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
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noun
an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
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Broader terms: essay
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an account of the author's personal experiences
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Broader terms: autobiography
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.? Latin memor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin memoria Old French memoire Middle French memoire French mémoirebor. English memoir Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.
Across languages
104 source translations are retained for this English entry.
