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    Bi·og·ra·phy
    /bīˈäɡrəfē/

    noun

    • 1. an account of someone's life written by someone else.
  2. 1. : a usually written history of a person's life. a new biography of Abraham Lincoln. 2. : biographical writings as a whole. the genre of biography. 3. : an account of the life of something (such as an animal, a coin, or a building) the biography of the commonwealth. Did you know? So You've Been Asked to Submit a Biography.

  3. the story of the life of a person written by someone else, or the area of literature relating to books that describe such stories: [ C ] He wrote a biography of Lincoln. biographical. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˌbɑɪ·əˈɡræf·ɪ·kəl / The funeral elegy provides a treasure of biographical information about Shakespeare.

  4. noun. , plural bi·og·ra·phies. a written account of another person's life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. such writings collectively. the writing of biography as an occupation or field of endeavor. biography.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BiographyBiography - Wikipedia

    A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae ( résumé ), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of ...

  6. biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual. One of the oldest forms of literary expression, it seeks to re-create in words the life of a human being—as understood from the historical or personal perspective of the author—by drawing upon all available evidence, including ...

  7. A biography is an account of somebody's life written by somebody else, complete with details of the most important parts. These days, anyone, of any age, can be the subject of a biography: Justin Bieber, at the tender age of 17, had one written about his life.

  8. /baɪˈɑːɡrəfi/ [countable, uncountable] (plural biographies) the story of a person’s life written by somebody else; this type of writing. Boswell’s biography of Johnson. a biography by Antonia Fraser. The book gives potted biographies of all the major painters. compare autobiography. Wordfinder. Topics Literature and writing c1.

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