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- pronunciation:
- baI
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biographies |
| definition 1: |
an account, usu. written, of the facts and circumstances of one person's life.
- similar words:
- life, memoir
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| definition 2: |
such written accounts collectively.
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| definition 3: |
the field of biographical writing.
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portrait |
adjective + (n.)biography
acclaimed,
admiring,
artistic,
authoritative,
authorized,
best-selling,
brief,
brilliant,
compelling,
complete,
controversial,
critical,
definitive,
detailed,
engaging,
excellent,
exemplary,
exhaustive,
fascinating,
feminist,
fictional,
fictionalized,
forthcoming,
full-length,
full-scale,
graphic,
heroic,
historical,
illustrated,
literary,
magisterial,
magnificent,
monumental,
multi-volume,
musical,
official,
oral,
ornithological,
pictorial,
presidential,
prize-winning,
projected,
readable,
recent,
revealing,
scientific,
splendid,
superb,
sympathetic,
thematic,
unauthorized,
unpublished,
upcoming
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verb + (n.)biography
co-author, compile, pen, read, research, write
(n.)biography
+ verb
chronicle, detail, devour, edit, entitle, post, publish, recount, title
noun + (n.)biography
author,
book,
capsule,
celebrity,
co-author,
commentary,
diary,
documentary,
excerpt,
familiarity,
fiction,
genre,
history,
legend,
melody,
monograph,
multivolume,
narrative,
nonfiction,
novel,
poetry,
review,
suffrage,
type,
volume
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The word biography
contains the following parts:
bio, bi, -be
Greek
root
that means life, living, living things
  Example words:
abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobatics, aerobe, aerobic, aerobics, aerobiology, agrobiology, amphibian, amphibious, anabiosis, anaerobe, anaerobic, antibiosis, autobiography, bioastronautics, biochemistry, biocide, biodegradable, bioengineering, biofeedback, biogeography, biography, biohazard, biological, biology, bioluminescence, biomass, biomedicine, biometrics, bionics, biophysics, biopsy, biorhythm, biosphere, biotic, biotin, exobiology, macrobiotics, microbe, microbiology, molecular biology, parabiosis, psychobiology, radiobiology, sociobiology, symbiosis
graph, -graphy
Greek
root
that means writing, drawing, recording
Example words:
anemograph, arteriography, autobiography, autograph, autoradiograph, barograph, bibliography, biogeography, biography, cacography, calligraphy, cardiograph, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromolithography, chronograph, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, crystallography, dactylography, demography, digraph, discography, electrocardiograph, electroencephalograph, epigraph, epigraphy, ethnography, geography, geopolitics, graph, graphic, graphics, graphite, graphology, hagiography, holograph, homograph, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, meteorograph, micrograph, microphotograph, mimeograph, monograph, myocardiograph, oceanography, orthography, oscillograph, paleography, pantograph, paragraph, petrography, phonograph, phonography, photograph, photography, photomicrograph, physiography, pictograph, planography, polygraph, pyrography, radiograph, radiotelegraph, roentgenography, seismograph, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, stenography, technography, telegraph, telephotography, thermograph, tomography, topography, typography, xerography, zoography
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