Used in a Sentence

autobiography

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for autobiography.

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Anyone who's interested in his life should check out his autobiography -- it's a fun read.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of autobiography gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for autobiography.

noun

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

noun

(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Example sentences

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Anyone who's interested in his life should check out his autobiography -- it's a fun read.

2

Miles Davis' autobiography is also an amazing, vulgar, honest and incredible work as well.

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It is the autobiography of a Ka, the lowliest soul of the seven souls of the ancient Egyptians, which makes for unusual reading.

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He says in his autobiography that he was in a plane crash.

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There's lots more about this in The Autobiography of Mark Twain.

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The whole shamus projects, from books (I read his autobiography) to programming posts are awesome.

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I learned more from Bannatyne's autobiography than I ever have from any business book.

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Branson tells that story in his autobiography, Losing My Virginity.

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David Millar's autobiography goes into some detail about it.

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Gonna use this as the title for my autobiography!

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Greenspan's autobiography goes over this.

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I was more in the Sampras camp - I liked Agassi's rebellion but hated his fashion sense;) That said, he's aged well and I read his autobiography, Open, a few years ago.

Quote examples

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The last words in Twain’s autobiography, the first volume anyway—which he only allowed to be published in 2010—are Keller’s; “You once told me you were a pessimist, Mr.

2

Never say 'you're wrong'." He tells a story from Ben Franklin's autobiography outlining how insolent and opinionated he used to be, to the point that nobody could stand being around him.

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I've been reading Henry Ford's autobiography ("My Life and Work"), and it seems like Musk is taking a page directly from Ford's playbook with continuous product (and component) updates that are (mostly) backwards compatible with previously-produced vehicles in the same model.

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"Hard work, perseverance and kindness are the qualities that define a human being" that's the lesson I learned from his autobiography "wings of fire", this was way back in high school.

Proper noun examples

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I would add that it is also worth reading Agassi's biography (Open: An Autobiography).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use autobiography in a sentence?

Anyone who's interested in his life should check out his autobiography -- it's a fun read.

What does autobiography mean?

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

What part of speech is autobiography?

autobiography is commonly used as noun.