biography
bi·og·ra·phy
noun \bī-ˈä-grə-fē also bē-\ plural bi·og·ra·phies
Definition of BIOGRAPHY
1
: a usually written history of a person's life
2
: biographical writings as a whole
3
: an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building)
Examples of BIOGRAPHY
- a new biography of Abraham Lincoln
- <an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches>
Origin of BIOGRAPHY
Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy
First Known Use: 1683
Related to BIOGRAPHY
Related Words: autobiography; hagiography; psychobiography; pathography, tell-all; chronicle, history, past, story; obituary; character sketch, profile
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Rhymes with BIOGRAPHY
autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography
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