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biography

[ bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee- ]

noun

, plural bi·og·ra·phies.
  1. a written account of another person's life:

    the biography of Byron by Marchand.

  2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc.
  3. such writings collectively.
  4. the writing of biography as an occupation or field of endeavor.


biography

/ ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl; baɪˈɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. an account of a person's life by another
  2. such accounts collectively


biography

  1. The story of someone's life. The Life of Samuel Johnson , by James Boswell , and Abraham Lincoln , by Carl Sandburg , are two noted biographies. The story of the writer's own life is an autobiography .


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Derived Forms

  • biographical, adjective
  • ˌbioˈgraphically, adverb
  • biˈographer, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of biography1

From the Greek word biographía, dating back to 1675–85. See bio-, -graphy

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Example Sentences

The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

For those unfamiliar with Michals, an annotated biography and useful essays are included.

Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically?

But Stephen Kotkin's new biography reveals a learned despot who acted cunningly to take advantage of the times.

Watching novelists insult one another is one of the primary pleasures of his biography.

He also published two volumes of American Biography, a work which his death abridged.

Mme. de Chaulieu gave her husband the three children designated in the duc's biography.

The biography of great men always has been, and always will be read with interest and profit.

I like biography far better than fiction myself: fiction is too free.

The Bookman: "A more entertaining narrative whether in biography or fiction has not appeared in recent years."

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