autobiography
/ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒɡrəfi/noun
उच्चारण ऑटबाइऑग्रफ़ी
आत्मकथा
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the story of a person's life, written by that person
आत्मकथा
- Gandhi's autobiography is called 'My Experiments with Truth'.
- She is writing an autobiography about her childhood in Darjeeling.
- The cricketer's autobiography became a bestseller.
+ 2 more examples
- I read the autobiography of Dr Kalam during the holidays.
- Writing an autobiography takes honesty and a good memory.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
autobiography of + person
Use of for the person whose life is told in the book.
जिस व्यक्ति के जीवन की कथा हो, उसके लिए 'autobiography of' आता है।
- Gandhiji's autobiography is called My Experiments with Truth.
- Radhika read the autobiography of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
write / publish an autobiography
An autobiography is written by the person himself or herself, so the writer is the subject.
'Autobiography' स्वयं व्यक्ति द्वारा लिखी जाती है, इसलिए लेखक और विषय एक ही होते हैं।
- The cricketer wrote an autobiography at the age of forty.
autobiography vs biography / memoir
A biography is written by someone else; a memoir focuses on particular memories.
'Biography' किसी और द्वारा लिखी जाती है; 'memoir' विशेष स्मृतियों पर केंद्रित होती है।
- His biography was written by a journalist, but this autobiography is in his own words.
autobiographical (adjective)
Autobiographical describes writing based on the writer's own life.
'Autobiographical' उस लेखन का वर्णन करता है जो लेखक के अपने जीवन पर आधारित हो।
- The novel is largely autobiographical.
+Collocations 4
verb + autobiography
writepublishreadghost-writerelease
- She plans to write an autobiography after she retires.
adjective + autobiography
honestcandidspiritualpoliticalfrank
- The leader's candid autobiography caused much debate.
autobiography + noun
of a leaderof a playerlaunchchapter
- The autobiography launch was held in Delhi.
noun + autobiography
spiritualliterarypoliticalsportsfilm star's
- A film star's autobiography sold thousands of copies.
“More examples 5
- Radhika borrowed the autobiography of Nelson Mandela from the library.
राधिका ने पुस्तकालय से नेल्सन मंडेला की आत्मकथा ली।
- An autobiography shows how the writer sees his own life.
आत्मकथा दिखाती है कि लेखक अपने जीवन को कैसे देखता है।
- Nehru wrote his autobiography while he was in prison.
नेहरू ने जेल में रहते हुए अपनी आत्मकथा लिखी।
- The teacher asked the class to write a page of autobiography.
अध्यापक ने कक्षा से आत्मकथा का एक पृष्ठ लिखने को कहा।
- His autobiography begins with his childhood in a small town.
उसकी आत्मकथा एक छोटे शहर में उसके बचपन से शुरू होती है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Gandhiji wrote a biography of himself.
✓ Gandhiji wrote an autobiography.
A life story written by the person himself is an autobiography.
स्वयं व्यक्ति द्वारा लिखी जीवनी 'autobiography' कहलाती है।
✗ I read the autobiography written by a journalist about him.
✓ I read the biography written by a journalist about him.
A life written by another person is a biography.
किसी और द्वारा लिखा गया जीवन-वृत्त 'biography' होता है।
✗ Autobiographys are popular among students.
✓ Autobiographies are popular among students.
Nouns ending in consonant + y change y to ies in the plural.
व्यंजन + y पर समाप्त होने वाले nouns में plural में y बदलकर ies हो जाता है।
◇Word family
?Which word?
Compare biography, written by somebody else.
Biography दूसरे के द्वारा लिखी जाती है।
⌂Word origin and word building
Auto- means self: autograph (one's own signature), automatic (working by itself), autonomy (self-rule).
Auto- का अर्थ स्वयं है, जैसे autograph (अपने हस्ताक्षर), automatic (अपने आप चलने वाला), autonomy (स्वशासन) में।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The life story of a person written by himself.
'किसी व्यक्ति द्वारा लिखी अपनी ही जीवन-कथा' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।