biographynoun [ C or U ]
uk/baɪˈɒɡ.rə.fi/us/baɪˈɑː.ɡrə.fi/B1 the life story of a person written by someone else:
He wrote a biography of Winston Churchill.
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- This biography offers a few glimpses of his life before he became famous.
- Her biography revealed that she was not as rich as everyone thought.
- The biography was a bit of a rush job.
- The biography is an attempt to uncover the inner man.
- The biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did.
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Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- folio
- glossy
- manuscript
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- picture book
- travelogue
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