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:
biographies

Origin 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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