noun
autobiography
aw-tuh-beye-OG-ruh-fee
noun
1
An account of a person's life written by that person.
"The footballer's autobiography became a bestseller within days."
How to Use Autobiography
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe story of someone's life, written by themselves.
Common mistake
An autobiography is written by the subject; a biography is written by someone else about them.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
autobiographies plural
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Etymology
From auto- ("self") plus biography, from Greek bíos ("life") and gráphō ("write").