autobiography

[ aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh- ]
/ ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /

noun, plural au·to·bi·og·ra·phies.

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

Origin of autobiography

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

OTHER WORDS FROM autobiography

au·to·bi·og·ra·pher, noun

Example sentences from the Web for autobiography

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 forms of autobiography

autobiographer, noun

Cultural 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.