biography

CEFRB1

/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

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

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The art of writing this kind of story.

Examples

  • He wrote a biography of a famous poet.

  • I illustrated his biography with some pictures.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To write a biography of.

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

More examples

In context

  • The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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

  • There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She read a detailed blank of the famous scientist's entire life.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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