Definitions for autobiography
ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ-au·to·bi·og·ra·phy

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. autobiographynoun

   a biography of yourself

Wiktionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. autobiographynoun

   A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

Webster Dictionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Autobiographynoun

   a biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self

2. Etymology: [Auto- + biography.]

Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Autobiography

   An autobiography is a self-written account of the life of a person.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Autobiography

   aw-to-bī-og′raf-i, n. the biography or life of a person written by himself.—n. Autobiog′rapher, one who writes his own life.—adjs. Autobiograph′ic, -al. [Gr. autos, one's self, bios, life, graphein, to write.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. autobiography

   1. Auto-intoxication. 2. Things which no one else will say about you, and which therefore you have to say of yourself.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(1.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Autobiography

   The life of a person written by himself or herself. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed)

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1. • Biography

How to pronounce autobiography?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of autobiography in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of autobiography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of autobiography in a Sentence

1. Samuel Goldwyn:

   I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

2. Philip Roth:

   It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you construct a sequence of stories to bind up the facts with a persuasive hypothesis that unravels your history's meaning.

3. Salman Rushdie:

   If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you're dumb and blind.

4. Lady Bird:

   This feels like autobiography, when you live through a book, it almost becomes the landscape of your inner life. ... It becomes part of you, in a profound way.

5. Philip Guedalla:

   Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

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