"biography" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-biography.ogg Forms: biographies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|biographia}} New Latin biographia, {{der|en|grc|βίος||life}} Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} biography (countable and uncountable, plural biographies)
  1. A person's life story, especially one published. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literary genres Translations (personal life story): biografi (Albanian), سِيرَة (sīra) [feminine] (Arabic), تَرْجَمَةُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ (tarjamatu l-ḥayāti) [feminine] (Arabic), կենսագրություն (kensagrutʻyun) (Armenian), biografía [feminine] (Asturian), bioqrafiya (Azerbaijani), tərcümeyi-hal (Azerbaijani), біягра́фія (bijahráfija) [feminine] (Belarusian), биогра́фия (biográfija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), животопи́с (životopís) [masculine] (Bulgarian), biografia [feminine] (Catalan), 傳記 (Chinese Mandarin), 传记 (zhuànjì) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲃⲓⲟⲥ (bios) [masculine] (Coptic), životopis [masculine] (Czech), biografi [common-gender] (Danish), biografie [feminine] (Dutch), biografio (Esperanto), elulugu (Estonian), biograafia (Estonian), ævisøga [feminine] (Faroese), elämäkerta (Finnish), biographie [feminine] (French), biografía [feminine] (Galician), ბიოგრაფია (biograpia) (Georgian), Biografie [feminine] (German), Biographie (note: old spelling) [feminine] (German), βιογραφία (viografía) [feminine] (Greek), biyografi (Haitian Creole), קורות חיים (korót khayím) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), סיפור חיים (sipúr khayím) [masculine] (Hebrew), ביוגרפיה (biyográfya) [feminine] (Hebrew), जीवनी (jīvnī) [feminine] (Hindi), जीवनकथा (jīvnakthā) [feminine] (Hindi), ज़िंदगीनामा (zindgīnāmā) [masculine] (Hindi), életrajz (Hungarian), biográfia (Hungarian), biografi (Indonesian), beathaisnéis [feminine] (Irish), biografia [feminine] (Italian), 伝記 (denki) (alt: でんき) (Japanese), намтр (namtr) (Kalmyk), 전기 (jeon'gi) (alt: 傳記) (Korean), өмүрбаян (ömürbayan) (Kyrgyz), ຊີວະປະຫວັດ (sī wa pa wat) (Lao), curriculum vitae [neuter] (Latin), biographia [feminine] (Latin), biogrāfija [feminine] (Latvian), biografija [feminine] (Lithuanian), биографија (biografija) [feminine] (Macedonian), животопис (životopis) [masculine] (Macedonian), kōrero haurongo (Maori), kōrero koiora (Maori), haurongo (Maori), намтар (namtar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), чадиг (čadig) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠨᠠᠮᠲᠠᠷ (namtar) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠴᠠᠳᠢᠭ (čadig) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), जीवनी (jīvanī) (Nepali), biografi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biografi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biografia [feminine] (Occitan), تذكره (tezkere) (Ottoman Turkish), زندگینامه (zendegi-nâme) (Persian), biografia [feminine] (Polish), biografia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਜੀਵਨੀ (jīvnī) [feminine] (Punjabi), biografie [feminine] (Romanian), биогра́фия (biográfija) [feminine] (Russian), жизнеописа́ние (žizneopisánije) [neuter, rare] (Russian), beath-eachdraidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eachdraidh-beatha [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), животопис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), биографија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), životopis [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biografija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), životopis [masculine] (Slovak), življenjepis [masculine] (Slovene), biografija [feminine] (Slovene), biografía [feminine] (Spanish), biografi [common-gender] (Swedish), ชีวประวัติ (chii-wá-bprà-wàt) (Thai), biyografi (Turkish), yaşamöyküsü (Turkish), tercümeihâl (Turkish), біогра́фія (biohráfija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), життє́пис (žyttjépys) [masculine] (Ukrainian), تەرجىمەھال (terjimehal) (Uyghur), tiểu sử (Vietnamese), cofiant [masculine] (Welsh), bywgraffiad [masculine] (Welsh), ביאָגראַפֿיע (byografye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. The art of writing this kind of story. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-biography-en-noun-Yx4DJdiQ
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Categories (topical): History Related terms: biographer, biographical, biographism, hagiography, pathography

Verb

IPA: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-biography.ogg Forms: biographies [present, singular, third-person], biographying [participle, present], biographied [participle, past], biographied [past]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|biographia}} New Latin biographia, {{der|en|grc|βίος||life}} Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} biography (third-person singular simple present biographies, present participle biographying, simple past and past participle biographied)
  1. (transitive) To write a biography of. Tags: transitive
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Categories (topical): History
Disambiguation of History: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "تذكره"
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      "word": "زندگینامه"
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "ਜੀਵਨੀ"
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      "word": "биогра́фия"
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      "word": "жизнеописа́ние"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chii-wá-bprà-wàt",
      "sense": "personal life story",
      "word": "ชีวประวัติ"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "tercümeihâl"
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      "word": "життє́пис"
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      "code": "ug",
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      "sense": "personal life story",
      "word": "تەرجىمەھال"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
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      "word": "tiểu sử"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "personal life story",
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      "word": "cofiant"
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