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Definition of: biography
(bī·og′rə·fē, bē-) noun plural ·phies
1. A written account of a person's life.
2. That form of literature dealing with the facts and events of individual experience.
3. Biographies collectively. See synonyms under HISTORY. [<LGk. biographia <bios life + graphein write]
—bi·o·graph·ic (bī′ə·graf′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
—bi′o·graph′i·cal·ly adverb
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