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Synonyms for biography

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-
Phonetic Transcription : baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi-

Top 10 synonyms for biography
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Définition of biography

Origin :
  • 1680s, probably from Latin biographia, from Late Greek biographia "description of life," from Greek bio- "life" (see bio-) + graphia "record, account" (see -graphy). Biographia was not in classical Greek (bios alone was the word for it), though it is attested in later Greek from c.500.
  • noun account of person's life
Example sentences :
  • I propose to continue this biography, and include the whole in book form.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Forkel's biography of Bach is the only authority for this story.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • He has divided his biography into three parts, entitled—‘Faith, Hope, Charity.’
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He once began a review of George Eliot's biography, but left it unfinished.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • What says our author about "biography, autobiography, and history?"
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • The best, because the most genuine, biography of Burns is furnished by his own writings.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • I vaunted my love for history, biography, the poets, but spoke lightly of fiction.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • English political literature is full of biography of this kind.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • My biography would read like a record of every earthly happiness.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • Her versions of Florent's biography were the most horrible of all that were circulated in the neighbourhood.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
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