autobiographer
/ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒɡrəfə(r)/noun
उच्चारण ऑटबाइऑग्रफ़र
आत्मकथा-लेखक, आत्मकथाकार
Core word
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a person who writes the story of their own life
आत्मकथा-लेखक, आत्मकथाकार
- As an autobiographer, Gandhi was remarkably honest about his own faults.
- Radhika admires autobiographers who write simply and truthfully.
- The autobiographer describes his childhood in a small town.
+ 2 more examples
- As an autobiographer, she shares both her successes and her mistakes.
- An autobiographer must be honest to win the readers' trust.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
the autobiographer of + a book / a life
An autobiographer is the person who writes the story of their own life.
'Autobiographer' वह व्यक्ति है जो अपने जीवन की कथा स्वयं लिखता है।
- As an autobiographer, Gandhi wrote with striking honesty.
countable noun
It is countable and takes a/an and -s.
यह countable है और a/an तथा -s लेता है।
- An autobiographer must be truthful about their own faults.
- Many autobiographers write late in life.
autobiographer vs biographer
An autobiographer writes about his or her own life; a biographer writes about someone else's.
Autobiographer अपने जीवन के बारे में लिखता है; biographer किसी और के जीवन के बारे में।
- Radhika wants to be a biographer, not an autobiographer.
autobiographer vs memoirist
An autobiographer tells the whole story of a life, whereas a memoirist usually writes about a part of life or a theme.
Autobiographer पूरे जीवन की कथा बताता है, जबकि memoirist प्रायः जीवन के किसी भाग या विषय पर लिखता है।
- The old teacher became an autobiographer after he retired.
+Collocations 3
adjective + autobiographer
honestfamousfrankgiftedreluctant
- He was a frank autobiographer who admitted his mistakes.
verb + autobiographer
becomereadpreferadmireact as
- She became an autobiographer at the age of seventy.
autobiographer + of / about
of his timesof her childhoodof a villageof a nation
- She was the autobiographer of a whole generation.
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- The autobiographer described his childhood in a small village.
आत्मकथा-लेखक ने एक छोटे गाँव में बीते अपने बचपन का वर्णन किया।
- A good autobiographer does not hide failures.
अच्छा आत्मकथा-लेखक अपनी असफलताएँ नहीं छिपाता।
- Radhika's teacher called Nehru a gifted autobiographer.
राधिका के शिक्षक ने नेहरू को एक प्रतिभाशाली आत्मकथा-लेखक कहा।
- The autobiographer thanked his mother in the preface.
आत्मकथा-लेखक ने प्रस्तावना में अपनी माँ का धन्यवाद किया।
- Many sportspeople turn autobiographer after retirement.
कई खिलाड़ी सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद आत्मकथा-लेखक बन जाते हैं।
- As an autobiographer, he mentioned his struggles in a simple style.
आत्मकथा-लेखक के रूप में उन्होंने अपने संघर्षों का वर्णन सरल शैली में किया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He is the autobiographer of Gandhi.
✓ He is the biographer of Gandhi.
An autobiographer writes about himself; to write about another person, one is a biographer.
Autobiographer अपने बारे में लिखता है; किसी दूसरे के बारे में लिखने वाला 'biographer' है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words name writers of life stories.
ये शब्द जीवन-कथा लिखने वालों को बताते हैं।
Writes about his or her own life.
अपने जीवन के बारे में लिखता है।
- The autobiographer described his school days.
Writes about the life of another person.
किसी दूसरे व्यक्ति के जीवन के बारे में लिखता है।
- The biographer spent years studying Tagore's letters.
◇Word family
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The story of a person's life written by that person is an autobiography, while one written by somebody else is a biography.
किसी व्यक्ति द्वारा स्वयं लिखी गई अपनी जीवन-कथा autobiography कहलाती है, जबकि किसी दूसरे द्वारा लिखी गई जीवन-कथा biography कहलाती है।
General knowledge
The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mahatma Gandhi की आत्मकथा है।