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(English pronunciations of biography from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary , both sources © Cambridge University Press)

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Definition of biography noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Boswell’s biography of Johnson
• a biography by Antonia Fraser
• The book gives potted biographies of all the major painters.
• blockbuster
• unauthorized
• biography by
• biography of

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• The Dictionary of National Biography
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English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ].

From New Latin biographia , formed from Ancient Greek βίος ( bíos , “ life ” ) + γράφω ( gráphō , “ write ” ) .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

• ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
• ( General American ) IPA ( key ) : /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun [ edit ]

biography ( countable and uncountable , plural biographies )

• A person's life story , especially one published. There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
• The art of writing this kind of story.

Derived terms [ edit ]

• autobiography
• heterobiography
• psychobiography

Related terms [ edit ]

• biographical
• biographism
• hagiography
• pathography

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Verb [ edit ].

biography ( third-person singular simple present biographies , present participle biographying , simple past and past participle biographied )

• ( transitive ) To write a biography of.

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IPA : baɪˈɒgrəfɪ baɪˈɒgrəfɪ

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Phonetic spelling of biography

bi-og-ra-phy 0 rating rating ratings Private bi-og-ra-phy 0 rating rating ratings Modesta Kilback bahy-og-ruh-fee 0 rating rating ratings Victoria Kemp bio-graphy 0 rating rating ratings Melvina Witting

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