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autobiography
Meaning: a book about a person's life written by that same person
autobiography in a sentence
How autobiography is used in real sentences:
She published her autobiography shortly after retiring from professional tennis.
The retired astronaut's autobiography describes, in his own words, the fear he felt during his first launch.
“Child left no autobiography, so historians must piece together his motives from letters and company records.”
— from the passage The Merchant Governor
Synonyms for autobiography
Other words for autobiography — memoir — carry the same meaning.
- memoir
Where it comes from
From Greek autos 'self' + bios 'life' + graphein 'to write'
Word parts
- auto/auth — self
autobiography: auto- (self) + bio (life) + -graphy (writing) - bio — life
autobiography: auto- (self) + bio (life) + graphy (writing)
Memory hook
AUTO (self) + BIO (life) + GRAPHY (writing) — writing your own life.
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