publish an autobiography

/ˈpʌblɪʃ ən ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒɡrəfi/

verb phrase

  1. To produce and make available a book about your own life, usually for the public to read.

    B1

    transitive; publish + an autobiographyformal

    • "The actor plans to publish an autobiography next year."B1
    • "After retiring from politics, she published an autobiography describing her early struggles."B2
    • "The musician decided to publish an autobiography to correct several inaccurate stories about his career."C1

Common mistakes

  • publish autobiography→publish an autobiography

    Use the article an before the singular countable noun autobiography.

Collocations

write an autobiographypublish a memoiran autobiography byrelease an autobiography

Word family

publishpublisherpublicationautobiographyautobiographicalauthormemoir