autobiography
noun/ˌɔtəbaɪˈɑɡrəfi/
Frequency rank: #6,561 most common English word
Meaning
A book about a person's own life, written by that person.
Example sentence
She spent three years writing her autobiography, describing her childhood and career in detail.
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