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"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from New Latin",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from New Latin",
"English terms suffixed with -graphy",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɒɡɹəfi",
"Rhymes:English/ɒɡɹəfi/4 syllables",
"en:History",
"en:Literary genres"
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"2": "NL.",
"3": "biographia"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "βίος",
"4": "",
"5": "life"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "γράφω",
"3": "",
"4": "write"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "biographies",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "biographying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "biographied",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "biographied",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To write a biography of."
],
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"(transitive) To write a biography of."
],
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]
}
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"ipa": "/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒɡɹəfi"
},
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"audio": "en-us-biography.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/En-us-biography.ogg/En-us-biography.ogg.mp3",
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"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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}
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