Meaning & use

autobiography

noun·Academic

A written account of a person's own life, composed by that person.

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In her autobiography, the astronaut described her difficult journey to becoming a pilot.

He spent his retirement writing an autobiography for his grandchildren to read someday.

A note on using this word

An autobiography is written by the subject, while a biography is written by someone else about that person's life.

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