biography meaning

Definition of biography

1. an account of the series of events making up a person's life

   Synonyms: life, life story, life history

   Type of: history

   Kinds: autobiography, hagiography, profile, Parallel Lives

   Related forms: biographical, biographer

biography in a sentence

• He wrote a biography of a famous poet.
• I have no interest whatsoever in reading his biography.
• This means that you will never see a biography about me.
• Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
• Lincoln's biography is read by children all around the world.

How to pronounce biography

biography is pronounced /baɪˈɒɡrəfi/ in British English and /baɪˈɑɡrəfi/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with biography

• photography
• bibliography
• geography