Bio Meaning
/ˈbaɪəʊ/, /ˈbaɪoʊ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounClipping of biography.
"Pics from outside of Survivor, vidcaps, bios, descriptions (how friggin' TALL are these guys, exactly?)."— 2006, Henry Jenkins, Convergence culture: where old and new media collide:
nounA short section of a user profile that contains information about the user, especially one which can be customised; the about me section.
"To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram."
"Gendercrits are now putting dinosaur emoji in their bios 🦕🦖, presumably to illustrate that their views are extinct relics of the past."— 2021 October 9, Wizarding News (@HPANA), Twitter:
nounA biographical sketch.
nounClipping of biology.
"I've got a bio exam in the morning."
"It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us."— 2015 June 9, Lilah Raptopoulos, quoting Reed Shapiro, “Young people speak out about their fears and hopes on climate change”, in The Guardian:
nounClipping of bioscope (“cinema”).
"Sometimes Estelle had to help her mother on Saturdays and Irwin went to classes for ultra-brainy children, but Alan and I always went to the bio."— 1995, HerStoriA: South African women's journal, volumes 1-3, page 31:
adjbiological.
"a bio detergent"
nounAbbreviation of biology.
Sentence Examples
Read my bio for more info.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The magazine included a short ____ of the famous scientist who won the Nobel Prize.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He wrote a short ____ for the back of his first published book today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The magazine included a short ____ of the famous scientist who won the Nobel Prize.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He wrote a short ____ for the back of his first published book today.