biography

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The written story of a person's life.

   She wrote a fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln.

2. 2
   noun

   The kind of writing that tells people's life stories.

   He has spent his whole career working in biography.

3. 3
   verb

   To write the life story of someone.

   Several historians have tried to biography the famous queen.

Common collocations

• definitive biography Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing”).

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