Biography Definition
bī-ŏgrə-fē
biographies
noun
biographies
An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another.
A film biography of Adlai Stevenson; an oral biography.
American Heritage
The histories of individual lives, considered as a branch of literature.
Webster's New World
Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
American Heritage
An account of a person's life, described by another; life story.
Webster's New World
The writing, composition, or production of biographies.
A career entirely devoted to biography.
American Heritage
verb
To write a biography of.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Biography
Noun
Singular:
biography
Plural:
biographiesOrigin of Biography
From modern Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bios, “life”) + γράφω (graphō, “write”).
From Wiktionary
Late Greek biographiā Greek bio- bio- Greek -graphiā -graphy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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