"life story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: life stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} life story (plural life stories)
  1. An account of an individual's life. Related terms: story of my life, story of one's life
    Sense id: en-life_story-en-noun-1i2XwfDh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (by extension) A long detailed monologue to someone. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-life_story-en-noun-tQqdftwi

Inflected forms

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