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autobiographies |
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the events of a person's life written or told by that person.
His recently published autobiography contains several surprising confessions.- similar words:
- memoir
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adjective + (n.)autobiography
best-selling,
bestselling,
brief,
candid,
compelling,
fascinating,
fictional,
fictionalized,
inspirational,
intellectual,
intimate,
magic,
moving,
musical,
native,
novelistic,
oral,
planned,
published,
revealing,
seamless,
spiritual,
third-person,
unauthorized,
unfinished,
unpublished,
upcoming,
working-class
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verb + (n.)autobiography
amount, assemble, borrow, chronicle, confess, dictate, edit, narrate, pen, publish, read, recall, write
(n.)autobiography
+ verb
assert, co-author, compose, describe, detail, entitle, highlight, illustrate, mourn, recount, title
noun + (n.)autobiography
author,
biography,
blend,
chapter,
childhood,
co-author,
conception,
cookbook,
copy,
criticism,
definition,
diary,
essay,
genre,
hawk,
intellectual,
manuscript,
miss,
monster,
narrative,
nonfiction,
novel,
nun,
passage,
peasant,
publication,
sequel,
signing,
slave,
title,
verse,
volume,
writing
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autobiographer (n.) |
The word autobiography
contains the following parts:
aut, auto
Greek
prefix
that means self
  Example words:
autarchy, autarky, autism, autobiography, autocracy, autogamy, autogiro, autograph, autohypnosis, autointoxication, automatic, automobile, autonetics, autonomic, autonomic nervous system, autonomous, autonomy, autopsy, autoradiograph, semiautomatic
bio, bi, -be
Greek
root
that means life, living, living things
Example words:
abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobatics, aerobe, aerobic, aerobics, aerobiology, agrobiology, amphibian, amphibious, anabiosis, anaerobe, anaerobic, antibiosis, autobiography, bioastronautics, biochemistry, biocide, biodegradable, bioengineering, biofeedback, biogeography, biography, biohazard, biological, biology, bioluminescence, biomass, biomedicine, biometrics, bionics, biophysics, biopsy, biorhythm, biosphere, biotic, biotin, exobiology, macrobiotics, microbe, microbiology, molecular biology, parabiosis, psychobiology, radiobiology, sociobiology, symbiosis
graph, -graphy
Greek
root
that means writing, drawing, recording
Example words:
anemograph, arteriography, autobiography, autograph, autoradiograph, barograph, bibliography, biogeography, biography, cacography, calligraphy, cardiograph, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromolithography, chronograph, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, crystallography, dactylography, demography, digraph, discography, electrocardiograph, electroencephalograph, epigraph, epigraphy, ethnography, geography, geopolitics, graph, graphic, graphics, graphite, graphology, hagiography, holograph, homograph, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, meteorograph, micrograph, microphotograph, mimeograph, monograph, myocardiograph, oceanography, orthography, oscillograph, paleography, pantograph, paragraph, petrography, phonograph, phonography, photograph, photography, photomicrograph, physiography, pictograph, planography, polygraph, pyrography, radiograph, radiotelegraph, roentgenography, seismograph, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, stenography, technography, telegraph, telephotography, thermograph, tomography, topography, typography, xerography, zoography
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