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