First Known Use: 1683
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biography
noun bi·og·ra·phy \bī-ˈä-grə-fē also bē-\
: the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person
plural bi·og·ra·phies
Full Definition of BIOGRAPHY
1
: a usually written history of a person's life
2
: biographical writings as a whole
3
: an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building)
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Origin of BIOGRAPHY
Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy
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Rhymes with BIOGRAPHY
autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography
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biography
noun bi·og·ra·phy \bī-ˈä-grə-fē\
plural bi·og·ra·phies
Definition of BIOGRAPHY for Kids
: a usually written account of a real person's life
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