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Biography

//baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// noun, verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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