"biographical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more biographical [comparative], most biographical [superlative]
Etymology: From biography + -ical. Etymology templates: {{af|en|biography|-ical}} biography + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} biographical (comparative more biographical, superlative most biographical)
  1. of or relating to an account of a person's life Derived forms: autobiographical, biographical dictionary, biographical film, biographical sketch, biopic Related terms: biographer, biographic, biography Translations (relating to an account of a person's life): կենսագրական (kensagrakan) (Armenian), biográficu (Asturian), biogràfic (Catalan), životopisný (Czech), biografický (Czech), biografisch (Dutch), elämäkerrallinen (Finnish), biographique (French), biográfico (Galician), ბიოგრაფიული (biograpiuli) (Georgian), biographisch (German), biografisch (German), beathaisnéiseach (Irish), biografico (Italian), 전기의 (jeon'giui) (Korean), биогра́фски (biográfski) [masculine] (Macedonian), biografisk (Norwegian Bokmål), biografisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), biograficzny (Polish), biográfico (Portuguese), biografic (Romanian), биографи́ческий (biografíčeskij) (Russian), био̀графскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), biògrafskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), biográfico (Spanish), біографічний (biohrafičnyj) (Ukrainian), bywgraffiadol (Welsh), bywgraffyddol (Welsh), cofiannol (Welsh)

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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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    },
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biographisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biografico"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "roman": "biográfski",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "word": "биогра́фски"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biografisk"
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biografisk"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biograficzny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biográfico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biografic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "biografíčeskij",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "биографи́ческий"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "word": "био̀графскӣ"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "biográfico"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "biohrafičnyj",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "біографічний"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
      "word": "bywgraffiadol"
    },
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      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to an account of a person's life",
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