noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person's life story, especially one published. countable, uncountable

   "There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin."

2. 2
   an account of the series of events making up a person's life wordnet
3. 3
   The art of writing this kind of story. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To write a biography of. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

adventureadventuresannalsautobiographybiographical sketchcase history

Example

More examples

"I illustrated his biography with some pictures."

Etymology

From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

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