biography

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

biography (countable and uncountable, plural biographies)

1. A person's life story, especially one published.

   There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

2. The art of writing this kind of story.

• biographer
• biographical
• biographism
• hagiography
• pathography

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

1. (transitive) To write a biography of.

• ribophagy