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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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.
“Western Star” is thus the rare authorized biography that keeps its subject at arm’s length.
According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Wayne, an engineer at the Atari video game company, was in charge of hardware engineering and documentation in the fledgling business.
From Barron's
A store owner and three employees were arrested over a Jimmy Lai biography.
On Tuesday police charged Mr. Pong and three employees with selling seditious books, including “The Troublemaker,” my biography of Jimmy Lai.
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