autobiography

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

noun

plural

autobiographies 

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

autobiography

/ ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɔːtəbaɪ- /

noun

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

autobiography

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

Other Word Forms

• autobiographer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of autobiography¹

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

Example Sentences

Zinchenko also revealed in his autobiography that his wife and young daughters were sad when visiting Emirates Stadium and not seeing him on the pitch.

From BBC

In his autobiography, Stamp Album, he recalled how he loved the life, but he could not shake off the feeling he wanted to be an actor.

From BBC

He details the many "shenanigans" of his early life, the good and the bad, in his autobiography set to be released next week.

From BBC

You also get the sense that perhaps the author was rather quick to take Parker for his word, considering Parker himself once joked that he was writing an autobiography called “The Benevolent Con Man.”

From Los Angeles Times

Missing pages from an autobiography written by Moors murderer Ian Brady could throw new light on where his final missing victim is buried, according to a new BBC documentary.

From BBC

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