biography

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Scrabble points: 20
Words With Friends: 21
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

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/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ · /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/

Definition of biography

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A person's life story, especially one published.

“There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A person's life story, especially one published.

“There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.”
(countable, uncountable)The art of writing this kind of story.

verb

(transitive)To write a biography of.

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing”).

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