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biography

Pronunciation: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

The English word “biography” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person's life story, especially one published.
  2. The art of writing this kind of story.

verb

  1. To write a biography of.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).

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