Definitions for biography
baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi-bi·og·ra·phy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. biography, life, life story, life historynoun

   an account of the series of events making up a person's life

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. biographynoun

   A person's life story, especially one published.

   There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

2. biographyverb

   To write a biography of.

3. Etymology: From modern Latin biographia, formed from βίος + γράφω.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Biographynoun

   In writing the lives of men, which is called biography, some authors place every thing in the precise order of time when it occurred. Isaac Watts Logick.

   Etymology: βίος and γϱαφω.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Biography

   A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. biography

   A biography is a detailed account or description of a person's life, chronicling the experiences, events, achievements, and attributes of that individual. This account is generally written by someone else and includes in-depth research, including interviews with people who knew or worked with the person being profiled.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Biographynoun

   the written history of a person's life

2. Biographynoun

   biographical writings in general

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 9 votes

1. Biography

   A biography is a detailed description or account of a person's life. It entails more than basic facts - a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae, a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media — from literature to film — form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Biography

   bī-og′raf-i, n. a written account or history of the life of an individual: the art of writing such accounts.—n. Biog′rapher, one who writes biography.—adjs. Biograph′ic, -al.—adv. Biograph′ically. [Gr. bios, life, graphein, to write.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Biography

   Works consisting of an account of the events, works, and achievements, personal and professional, during a person's life. It includes articles on the activities and accomplishments of living persons as well as the presentation of an obituary.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'biography' in Nouns Frequency: #2989

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Anagrams for biography »

1. ribophagy

How to pronounce biography?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say biography in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of biography in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of biography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of biography in a Sentence

1. Rebecca West:

   Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.

2. Some CEOs:

   Nooyi's biography is itself evidence of the power of allowing US-educated immigrants to remain working in the country. Born and raised in India, Indra Nooyi enrolled at the Yale School of Management, became a naturalized US citizen and rose to the highest echelons of American corporate life.Some CEOs also used the dinner as an opportunity to raise their concerns with the President about the effect of his budding trade war with major US trading partners.Trump told Macron EU worse than China on trade.

3. Yaron London:

   What does she represent exactly? A woman who because of the circumstances of her life doesn't despise Jews but befriends them? She represents mainly herself and her own private biography.

4. Thomas Carlyle:

   No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   Biography lends to death a new terror.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=biography
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Biography
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=biography
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biography
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=biography
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=biography
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=biography