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bio

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bio
  2. bio-
  3. bio-aeration
  4. bioleaching
  5. bi-
  6. Bío-Bío

bio

noun \ˈbī-(ˌ)ō\
plural bi·os

Definition of BIO

:  a biography or biographical sketch

Examples of BIO

  1. <you can read a bio of the author on her home page>

First Known Use of BIO

1947

Related to BIO

Synonyms
biography, life, memoir

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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