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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Biography \Bi*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. Biographies. [Gr. ?; bi`os
     life + ? to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]
     1. The written history of a person's life.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Biographical writings in general.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Biography \Bi*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. Biographies. [Gr. ?; ? life
     + ? to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]
     1. The written history of a person's life.
  
     2. Biographical writings in general.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  biography
       n : an account of the series of events making up a person's life
           [syn: life, life story, life history]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     Αγγλικά n.
     η βιογραφία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     n.
     1 A person's life story, especially one published.
     2 The art of writing this kind of story.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To write a biography of.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     n.
     1 A person's life story, especially one published.
     2 The art of writing this kind of story.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To write a biography of.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     n.
     1 A person's life story, especially one published.
     2 The art of writing this kind of story.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To write a biography of.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     n.
     1 A person's life story, especially one published.
     2 The art of writing this kind of story.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To write a biography of.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     Englanti n.
     elämäkerta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  biography
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=litteratur språk=en) biografi

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  السّيرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// 
  биогра́фия, животопи́с, биография
  personal life story

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 
  biografie

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  životopis

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 : [ freedict:eng-dan ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 
  biografi

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  Biografie , Biographie , Lebensbeschreibung 
     Synonym: bio
  
   see: biographies

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  
  βιογραφία

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// 
  elämäkerta
  personal life story

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 
  1. जीवनी
        "He is writing the biography of his father."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  biografija, životopis

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/
  életrajz

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]


  biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// 
  biografi
  personal life story

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// 
  伝記
  personal life story

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]


  biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// 
  biografi
  personal life story

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  biography /baɪˈɒgrəfɪ/ 
    biografia

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 
  biografia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
biography //baɪˈɑɡɹəfi// //baɪˈɒɡɹəfi// biografi, levnadsteckning personal life story
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
biography /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 1. hayat hikâyesi, biyografi, özyaşamöyküsü biol (kıs.) biological, biologist, biology.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "biography": Clio, Muse of history, adventures, annals, autobiography, biographical sketch, case history, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, confessions, curriculum vitae, diary, experiences, fortunes, hagiography, hagiology, historiography, history, journal, legend, letters, life, life and letters, life story, martyrology, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, necrology, obit, obituary, photobiography, profile, record, resume, story, theory of history
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 传记;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 传记

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