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   Bi·og·ra·phy

   /bīˈäɡrəfē/

   

   noun

   • 1. an account of someone's life written by someone else.
   • ▪ biographies as a branch of literature: "the basic difference of approach to autobiography and biography"
   • ▪ a human life in its course: "although their individual biographies are different, both are motivated by a similar ambition"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French biographie or modern Latin biographia, from medieval Greek, from bios ‘life’ + -graphia ‘writing’.

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

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   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.

3. www.britannica.com › art › biography-narrative-genreBiography | Definition & Examples | Britannica

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   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 ...

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › biographyBiography - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   noun. an account of the series of events making up a person's life. synonyms: life, life history, life story. see more. Pronunciation. US. /baɪˈɑgrəfi/ UK. /baɪˈɒgrəfi/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Biography." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/biography. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024. Copy citation.

5. literarydevices.net › biographyBiography - Examples and Definition of Biography as a literary...

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   Definition of Biography. A biography is the non- fiction, written history or account of a person’s life. Biographies are intended to give an objective portrayal of a person, written in the third person.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbiography noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   /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.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBIOGRAPHY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   the story of a person's life written by another person. biographical. adjective uk / ˌbaɪəʊˈɡræfɪkəl / us. about someone's life: biographical information. (Definition of biography from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of biography. in Chinese (Traditional) 傳記… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 传记…

8. www.studysmarter.co.uk › explanations › english-literatureBiography: Meaning, Examples & Features | StudySmarter

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   Biography meaning. The word 'biography' is a combination of the Greek words 'bios', which means 'life', and ' graphia', which refers to 'writing'. Simply stated, this means that a biography is a written account of someone else's life. Biography: a detailed written account of a real person's life authored by a different person.