autobiography

[ aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh- ]

/ ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /

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noun, plural au·to·bi·og·ra·phies.

a history of a person's life written or told by that person.

Nearby words

autoantigen, autobahn, autobio, autobiog, autobiographical, autobiography, autobiography of alice b. toklas, the, autobus, autocade, autocar, autocatalysis

Origin of autobiography

First recorded in 1790–1800; auto-¹ + biography

Related formsau·to·bi·og·ra·pher, noun

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Examples from the Web for autobiography

Glow: The Autobiography of Rick JamesRick James David Ritz (Atria Books) Where to begin?
The Best Memoirs of 2014|William O’Connor|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hulanicki was the subject of a 2009 documentary, Beyond Biba, based on her 2007 autobiography From A to Biba.
Barbara Hulanicki, Queen of Fast Fashion|Lizzie Crocker|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Nighttime was the worst,” Bennett wrote in his autobiography.
Tony Bennett’s Nazi Hunting Past Is Just One Reason He’s the Greatest Living American|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then I picked up a book that shredded my facile preconceptions—Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young.
A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows|Bill Morris|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In his autobiography 'Still Me,' Reeves recounted how Williams helped save his life.
Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever Told|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is worth noting that in his Autobiography (p. 88) he speaks of the time “about 1839, when the theory was clearly conceived.”
The Foundations of the Origin of Species|Charles Darwin
He was sorry he had not accepted it sooner, for because of it he had never really written his autobiography.
The Book of Gud|Dan Spain
Then at twenty I wrote an autobiography for another person, and was paid ten pounds for it.
My First Book:|Various
Think of those chapters in his Autobiography which he said were "going to make people's hair curl."
The Ordeal of Mark Twain|Van Wyck Brooks
Miss Martineau at once set her affairs in order, and sat down to write her Autobiography.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3)|John Morley

British Dictionary definitions for autobiography

autobiography

/ (ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɔːtəbaɪ-) /

noun plural -phies

an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person

Derived Formsautobiographer, noun

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Word Origin and History for autobiography

autobiography

1797, from auto- + biography. Related: Autobiographical.

Culture definitions for autobiography

autobiography

A literary work about the writer's own life. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa are autobiographical.

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autobiography

noun plural -phies

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