noun
biography
by-AH-gruh-fee/baɪˈɑːɡrəfi/
A written or recorded account of someone's life.
Her biography traces the scientist's life from childhood to retirement.
Etymology
Life joined to written description presents a person's life as a recorded account. The word first named histories of individual lives as a literary field, then an individual life history.
In context
The biography that emerged from Christopher Wynan's included material about Forb's private life
More examples
- The library displays several new biographies.
- He checks the dates before publishing the biography.
- The documentary offers a vivid biography of the composer.
Forms
biography · biographies
biographer noun — A writer of someone's life story.
Similar words
- autobiography
- An account written by the person whose life it describes.
- memoir
- Often focuses on selected experiences rather than an entire life.