biography
Americannoun
plural
biographies-
a written account of another person's life.
the biography of Byron by Marchand.
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an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc.
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such writings collectively.
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the writing of biography as an occupation or field of endeavor.
noun
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an account of a person's life by another
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such accounts collectively
Other Word Forms
- biographer noun
- biographical adjective
- biographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of biography
From the Greek word biographía, dating back to 1675–85. See bio-, -graphy
Example Sentences
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Colón - who was also an arranger and producer - explored "the competing associations that Puerto Ricans have with their home and with the United States," according a biography posted on the LA Philharmonic website.
From BBC
His next book, to be published by Knopf, is a biography of the "Star Wars" franchise.
“Was Tennyson ever young?” asks Richard Holmes at the opening of his superb biography, “The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science, and the Crisis of Belief.”
But, Ms. Albers relates in her new biography, by the time Kertész was 77, fuzziness in his pictures was more than a technique.
Matthew Bell’s new biography, “Goethe’: A Life in Ideas,” has given Germany’s Shakespeare new attention.
From Los Angeles Times
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