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Meaning of biography | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
baɪˈɒɡɹəfi

Definitions

  1. A person's life story, especially one published
  2. A person's life story, especially one published.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The art of writing this kind of story
  4. The story of a person’s life, recounted by someone else.
  5. The art of writing this kind of story.
    countable, uncountable
  6. To write a biography of
  7. a written account by someone of another person's life. a biography of Nelson. biografie سيرَه، تَرْجَمَة حَياة биография biografia životopis die Biographie biografi; levnedsskildring βιογραφίαbiografía elulugu زندگی نامه؛ شرح حال elämäkerta biographieביוגרפיה जीवनी, जीवन-चरित्र biografija életrajz biografi ævisaga biografia 伝記 전기 biografija biogrāfija biografi biografiebiografi; livsløpbiografiabiografia biografie биография životopis biografija biografija biografi อัตชีวประวัติ biyografi, yaş...
  8. biograaf كاتِب سيرَه، مُتَرجِم حَياة биограф biógrafo životopisec der/die Biograph(in) biograf βιογράφοςbiógrafo biograaf زندگینامه نویس elämäkerran kirjoittaja biographe בִּיוֹגרַף जीवनी लेखक biograf életrajzíró penulis biografi ævisöguritari biografo 伝書作者 전기 작가 biografas biogrāfs penulis biografi biograafbiograf biograf biógrafo biograf биограф životopisec biograf biograf biograf, levnadstecknare ผู้เขียนชีวประวัติของผู้อื่น biyografi yazarı 傳記作者 біограф سوانح عمری تحریر کرنے والا người viế...
  9. biografiese خاصٌّ بِتَرْجَمَة حَياة биографичен biográfico životopisný biographisch biografisk βιογραφικόςbiográfico elulooline مربوط به شرح زندگی elämäkerrallinen biographique בִּיוֹגרַפִי जीवन-चरित्र संबंधी biografski életrajzi biografis ævisögulegur biografico 伝記の 전기의 biografinis biogrāfisks biografi biografischbiografiskbiograficznybiográfico biografic биографический životopisný biografski biografski เกี่ยวกับชีวประวัติ biyografik, özgeçmişsel 傳記的 біографічний سوانح عمری کے لحاظ سے (thuộc...
  10. An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another: a film biography of Adlai Stevenson; an oral biography.
  11. Biographies considered as a group, especially when regarded as a genre.
  12. The writing, composition, or production of biographies: a career entirely devoted to biography.
  13. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an account of a person's life by another
  14. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) such accounts collectively
  15. a written account of another person's life.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bioqrafiya tərcümeyi-hal
Català biografia
Čeština biografie životopis
Cymraeg cofiant
Dansk biografi
Ελληνικά βιογραφία βίος
Esperanto biografio
Español biografía
فارسی زندگینامه
Français biographie
Gaeilge beathaisnéis
Galego biografía
עברית סיפור חיים
Bahasa Indonesia biografi sirah
Italiano biografia
日本語 一代記 伝記
ქართული ბიოგრაფია
한국어 -전 전기
Кыргызча өмүрбаян
Latina biographia
Lietuvių biografija
മലയാളം ജീവചരിത്രം
Монгол намтар
नेपाली जीवनी
Nederlands biografie
Português biografia
Română biografie
Slovenčina životopis
Shqip biografi
Svenska biografi
Tiếng Việt tiểu sử truyện

Examples

“There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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