biography

bi·og·ra·phy  (b-gr-f)

n. pl. bi·og·ra·phies

1. An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another: a film biography of Adlai Stevenson; an oral biography.

2. Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.

3. The writing, composition, or production of biographies: a career entirely devoted to biography.

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[Late Greek biographi : Greek bio-, bio- + Greek -graphi, -graphy.]

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biography [baɪˈɒgrəfɪ]

n pl -phies

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an account of a person's life by another

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) such accounts collectively

biographer  n

biographical  [ˌbaɪəˈgræfɪk^əl] archaic, biographic adj

biographically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

biography - an account of the series of events making up a person's life life history, life story, life account, chronicle, history, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" autobiography - a biography of yourself hagiography - a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) profile - biographical sketch

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biography

noun life story, life, record, account, profile, memoir, CV, life history, curriculum vitae an unauthorised biography

Quotations
"Biography is all about cutting people down to size. Getting an unruly quart into a pint pot" [Alan Bennett]
"Biography is: a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified" [José Ortega y Gasset The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays]
"Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory" [Benjamin Disraeli Contarini Fleming]
"Discretion is not the better part of biography" [Lytton Strachey]

Translations

biography [baɪˈɒgrəfɪ] N → biografía f

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biography [baɪˈɒgrəfi] n → biographie f

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biography

n → Biografie f, → Lebensbeschreibung f

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biography [baɪˈɒgrəfɪ] n → biografia

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biography [baɪˈɒgrəfɪ] n → biografia

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biography

n biography [baiˈogrəfi]

a written account by someone of another person's life a biography of Nelson. biografie سيرَه، تَرْجَمَة حَياة биография životopis biografi; levnedsskildring die Biographie βιογραφία biografía elulugu زندگی نامه؛ شرح حال elämäkerta biographie בִּיוֹגרַפיָה जीवनी, जीवन-चरित्र biografija életrajz biografi ævisaga biografia 伝記 전기 biografija biogrāfija biografi biografie biografi; livsløp biografia biografia biografie биография životopis biografija biografija biografi อัตชีวประวัติ biyografi, yaşam öyküsü 傳記 біографія سوانح عمری ، داستان حیات tiểu sử 传记

n biˈographer

biograaf كاتِب سيرَه، مُتَرجِم حَياة биограф životopisec biograf der/die Biograph(in) βιογράφος biógrafo biograaf زندگینامه نویس elämäkerran kirjoittaja biographe בִּיוֹגרַף जीवनी लेखक biograf életrajzíró penulis biografi ævisöguritari biografo 伝書作者 전기 작가 biografas biogrāfs penulis biografi biograaf biograf biograf biógrafo biograf биограф životopisec biograf biograf biograf, levnadstecknare ผู้เขียนชีวประวัติของผู้อื่น biyografi yazarı 傳記作者 біограф سوانح عمری تحریر کرنے والا người viết tiểu sử 传记作者

adj bioˈgraphic(al) [-ˈgrӕ-]

biografiese خاصٌّ بِتَرْجَمَة حَياة биографичен životopisný biografisk biographisch βιογραφικός biográfico elulooline مربوط به شرح زندگی elämäkerrallinen biographique בִּיוֹגרַפִי जीवन-चरित्र संबंधी biografski életrajzi biografis ævisögulegur biografico 伝記の 전기(체)의 biografinis biogrāfisks biografi biografisch biografisk biograficzny biográfico biografic биографический životopisný biografski biografski เกี่ยวกับชีวประวัติ biyografik, özgeçmişsel 傳記的 біографічний سوانح عمری کے لحاظ سے (thuộc) tiểu sử 传记的

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biography → سيرة biografie biografi Biografie βιογραφία biografía elämäkerta biographie životopis biografia 伝記 전기 biografie biografi biografia biografia биография biografi อัติชีวประวัติ yaşam öyküsü tiểu sử 传记