Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)A person's life story, especially one published.

    There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

    Biografie, Biographie

    биогра́фияbiográfija, жизнеописа́ниеžizneopisánije

    біогра́фіяbiohráfija, життє́писžyttjépys

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

  2. (uncountable)The art of writing this kind of story.

    She is best known for biography and history, but she is also a novelist.

Examples

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  1. I'm reading a biography.

    Я читаю біографію.

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  2. This biography is very interesting.

    Ця біографія дуже цікава.

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  3. Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

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  4. Have you ever read a biography?

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  5. Lincoln's biography is read by children all around the world.

    ruБиографию Линкольна читают дети во всём мире.

    deLincolns Biographie wird von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt gelesen.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (

Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).

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