bios
SayBY-ohzUS/ˈbaɪoʊz/UK/ˈbaɪəʊz/
Pluralbioi
- 1Plural of bio. Use it for more than one short life story or profile.
The speakers' bios are printed in the program.
Many people put jokes in their bios on social media.
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- 2In the ideas of Giorgio Agamben, a particular way of living, unlike zoe, which is bare life.
The class talked about the difference between bios and bare life.
In the essay, the prisoner loses his bios and is left with bare life.
Oppositezoe
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- 3A thing once thought to be one vitamin that yeast needs to grow, later found to be several B vitamins.
The yeast grew slowly when there was no bios in the dish.
Early scientists tried hard to find out what bios was made of.
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bios is a form of bio
bio, noun: A short description of the main facts of someone's life. Full entry
- Forms
- biobios plural
- Spelling
- bio → bios: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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Origin
From the Ancient Greek word bíos.