BIOGRAPHY

biography, life, life story, life history

(noun) an account of the series of events making up a person’s life

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

biography (countable and uncountable, plural biographies)

A person's life story, especially one published.

The art of writing this kind of story.

Verb

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

(transitive) To write a biography of.

Anagrams

• ribophagy

Source: Wiktionary


Bi*og"ra*phy, n.; pl. Biographies. Etym: [Gr. ; life + to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]

1. The written history of a person's life.

2. Biographical writings in general.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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