bio

noun

ˈbī-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce bio (audio)
Definition of bionext
as in biography
a history of a person's life you can read a bio of the author on her home page

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Recent Examples of bio Tech-entrepreneur bio-pics used to give us flawed men who built great products. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Dillard works as an associate pastor at IMRSN Church in Fort Worth, according to information on his Instagram and Facebook bios. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026 Zacharia graduated from Pepperdine University in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and later received a JD from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, according to her LinkedIn bio. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 And during the 2024-2025 growing season, BCI Program partners established at least 19,900 demonstration plots and supported 11,000 bio-input or bio-control centers to give farmers access to synthetic pesticide and fertilizer alternatives. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bio
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  1. biography
  2. memoir
Noun
  • One of the many clever strokes in Andrew O’Hagan’s 2024 novel Caledonian Road was casting his floundering, public intellectual hero as the author of a best-selling biography of Johannes Vermeer.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Boundless Biddy Mason is simultaneously the biography of an individual, of a community, and of a city in its formative years.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of biography
Noun
  • Exactly what happened to the memoir, why Travolta abandoned it and what became of his advance remain a mystery.
    — Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • None of the Gosselin siblings have made public statements following the release of Collin’s memoir.
    — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of memoir

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