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biography
Meaning: a written account of a person's life
biography in a sentence
How biography is used in real sentences:
Her biography of the explorer revealed letters no one had ever published before.
Rather than inventing scenes, the author's biography of the pilot relied entirely on diaries and interviews.
“A modern biography follows his path from a shopkeeper's son to one of England's richest men.”
— from the passage The Merchant Governor
Synonyms for biography
Other words for biography — memoir and profile — carry the same meaning.
- memoir
- profile
Where it comes from
From Greek bios 'life' and graphein 'to write'
Word parts
- bio — life
biography: bio (life) + graphy (writing)
Memory hook
BIO (life) + GRAPHY (writing) — writing about a life.