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An autobiography is someone's life story written by that person. (noun)

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama is an example of an autobiography.

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See autobiography in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. autobiographies

the art or practice of writing one's own biography
the story of one's own life written or dictated by oneself

Related Forms:

autobiographical adjective or autobiographic
autobiographically adverb

See autobiography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ôˌtō-bī-ŏgˈrə-fē)

noun pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies

The biography of a person written by that person.

Related Forms:

auˌto·bi·ogˈra·pher noun

auˌto·biˌo·graphˈic (-bīˌə-grăfˈĭk), auˌto·biˌo·graphˈi·cal adjective

auˌto·biˌo·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb

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