Synonyms for
Biographies
Definition
Biographies are written accounts of someone's life, usually by someone else.
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Common collocations
- biographies of famous people
- writing biographies
- reading biographies
- biographies and autobiographies
- short biographies
- biographies of artists
- historical biographies
Word family
noun biography
verb biographize
Usage note
Biography refers to the account of a person's life written by someone else. It is often used in academic or formal contexts. The plural form 'biographies' is used when referring to multiple such accounts.
Example sentences
- My teacher assigned us biographies to read for homework.
- I learned a lot about Abraham Lincoln from reading his biography.
- The library has a large collection of biographies for people to borrow.
- The author wrote a fascinating biography about Marie Curie.
- I want to write a biography about my grandfather's life during World War II.
Quotes
'We are all biographies' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
'I think of myself as a psychological novelist, with a good deal of my focus on the characters' interior landscape. But I'm also very interested in the exterior landscape - how do the characters move in the world?' - Elizabeth Strout
'Biography is the mesh through which real life escapes' - Tom Stoppard
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