# biography

Pronunciation: US say "by-AH-gruh-fee" /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/; UK say "by-OG-ruh-fee" /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

## Noun

1. A written account of a person's life, especially one that has been published.
   - Simple: A written story of a real person's life, usually published as a book.
   - _The biography drew on letters and diaries never seen by earlier researchers._
   - _Critics praised the biography for its honest portrayal of the artist's struggles._
2. The literary art and practice of writing accounts of people's lives.
   - Simple: The skill of writing the life stories of real people.
   - _Modern biography blends meticulous research with narrative craft._
   - _He devoted his career to biography, producing studies of forgotten scientists._

## Verb

3. To compose a written account of a particular person's life.
   - Simple: To write the life story of a real person.
   - _The journalist set out to biography the controversial senator._
   - _Few historians have tried to biography the general, whose private papers were burned._

## Origin

From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, "life") plus γράφω (gráphō, "write").

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