# bio

Pronunciation: say "BY-oh" US /ˈbaɪoʊ/, UK /ˈbaɪəʊ/

## Noun

1. A brief account that outlines the main facts of a person's life.
   - Simple: A short description of the main facts of someone's life.
   - _The press kit included two photos and a one-page bio of the band's singer._
   - _The host read a quick bio of each guest before the panel began._
2. A short section of a user profile that gives information about the user, especially one the user can write and edit.
   - Simple: The short part of your profile on a website or app where you tell people about yourself.
   - _Her Instagram bio describes her as a nurse, a runner, and a mother of three._
   - _Fans noticed that he had quietly removed the team's name from his bio._
3. Short for biography. — Clipping of biography.
   - Simple: Short for biography. A casual word for a book about a person's life.
   - _The senator's long-awaited bio finally reaches bookstores next month._
   - _Critics praised the new bio for drawing on letters the poet never meant to publish._
4. Short for biology. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of biology.
   - Simple: Short for biology. A casual name for the school subject about living things.
   - _She switched her major from bio to computer science in her second year._
   - _Half the bio students signed up for the field trip to the wetlands._
6. Short for bioscope, in the sense of a movie theater. *(colloquial, South Africa)* — Clipping of bioscope (“cinema”).
   - Simple: Short for bioscope. A casual South African word for a movie theater.
   - _On Saturday afternoons the whole family would head to the bio in town._
   - _They queued for over an hour at the bio to see the film on its opening night._

## Adjective

5. Short for biological. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A short, casual word for biological, which means about living things or related by birth.
   - _The adoption agency helped her get in touch with her bio family._
   - _Use a bio detergent if you want stains to come out at lower temperatures._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bio (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).