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Biographies

A person's life story, especially one published.

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noun
  1. 1

    A person's life story, especially one published.

    "There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin."

  2. 2

    The art of writing this kind of story.

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bionoun(social media) A short section of a user profile that contains information about the user, especially one which can be customised; the about me section.
biographicalnounof or relating to an account of a person's life
biosnoun(computing, informal, by extension) any firmware user interface that provides similar functionality as BIOS, such as UEFI.
cvsnoun(retail) Initialism of Consumer Value Stores, a US pharmacy chain.
noticesnoun(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
profilesnoun(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
narrativesnounThe systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
livesLiVES (LiVES Editing System) is a free and open-source video editing software and VJ tool, released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
vitaenounA curriculum vitae.
memoirsnounAn autobiography.
autobiographiesnounOne who writes his or her own life or biography.
reminiscencesnounAn act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
chroniclesnoun(biblical) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.
portraitsnoun(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
sketchesnounA rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
hagiographiesnoun(countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
historiesnounThe aggregate of past events.
obituariesnounOne who writes obituaries
accountsnoun(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
annalsnounHistorical records; chronicles; history.

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