biography

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
• (America) IPA: /baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/

Noun

biography

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

   There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

2. The art of writing this kind of story.

Related terms

• biographer
• biographical
• biographism
• hagiography
• pathography

Translations

• French: biographie
• German: Biografie, (old spelling) Biographie
• Italian: biografia
• Portuguese: biografia
• Russian: биогра́фия
• Spanish: biografía

Verb

biography (biographies, present participle biographying; past biographied, past participle biographied)

1. (transitive) To write a biography of.

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