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In a library, the word biography refers both to a kind of book and to a section where books of that kind are found. Each biography tells the story of a real person's life. A biography may be about someone who lived long ago, recently, or even someone who is still living, though in the last case it must necessarily be incomplete. The term autobiography refers to a biography written by the person it's about. Autobiographies are of course also necessarily incomplete.

Sometimes biographies are significantly shorter than a book—something anyone who's been asked to submit a biography for, say, a conference or a community newsletter will be glad to know. Often the word in these contexts is shortened to bio , a term that can be both a synonym of biography and a term for what is actually a biographical sketch: a brief description of a person's life. These kinds of biographies—bios—vary, but many times they are only a few sentences long. Looking at bios that have been used in the same context can be a useful guide in determining what to put in your own.

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Late Greek biographia , from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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What does the noun biography mean?

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun biography . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun biography is in the mid 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for biography is from 1661, in the writing of John Fell, bishop of Oxford.

biography is a borrowing from Latin .

Etymons: Latin biographia .

Nearby entries

• biognosy, n. 1880
• biograph, n. 1825–
• biograph, v. 1776–
• biographee, n. 1812–
• biographer, n. 1644–
• biographic, adj. 1752–
• biographical, adj. 1668–
• biographically, adv. ?1719–
• biographist, n. a1661–
• biographize, v. 1793–
• biography, n. 1661–
• biography, v. 1794–
• biographying, n. 1858–
• biohacker, n. 1988–
• biohacking, n. 1992–
• biohazard, n. 1965–
• biohazardous, adj. 1973–
• bioherm, n. 1928–
• biohermal, adj. 1937–
• bioidentical, adj. 1995–
• bioimaging, n. 1983–

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Biography is a written account of a person's life.

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the word biography occurs in english on average 7.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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• Modern IPA: bɑjɔ́grəfɪj
• Traditional IPA: baɪˈɒgrəfiː
• 4 syllables : "by" + "OG" + "ruh" + "fee"

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

Pronunciation

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

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

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

• antibiography
• autobiography
• biographette
• biographize
• biomythography
• blogography
• heterobiography
• minibiography
• osteobiography
• photobiography
• psychobiography

Related terms

• biographical
• biographism
• hagiography
• pathography

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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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• This biography offers a few glimpses of his life before he became famous .
• Her biography revealed that she was not as rich as everyone thought .
• The biography was a bit of a rush job .
• The biography is an attempt to uncover the inner man.
• The biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did.
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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
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• biography by
• biography of

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