biography

/baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/

nounbi · og · ra · phy

BIO + GRAPHY: a BIO is a life, and you GRAPH it (write it down) to make a biography.

Yes, it's biography. Remember the ending is **-graphy** (like *photography*), not **-grahpy** or **-graphie**.

Definitions

  1. nouna written account of a real person’s life, written by someone else
  2. nounthe branch of writing that deals with people’s lives

Examples

  • For our book report, I chose a biography of Harriet Tubman.
  • The author spent years researching letters and photos before writing the biography.
  • If you want to learn about her childhood and career, read a biography instead of a short article.

Synonyms

life storylife historymemoirprofileaccount

Translations

ES biografíaPT biografiaFR biographie

Common misspellings

biografybiogrophybiograghybiographyybiograhpybiograpybiograhphy

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