biography
nounfeminine/biuɣɾɐˈfiɐ/high
bi·o·gra·fi·a
Definition
An account of someone's life written by someone else.
The new biography of the president became a bestseller.
She is working on a biography of a famous painter.
Common collocations
write a biographyauthorized biographybiography bookdetailed biography
Etymology
Do grego 'biographía', através do latim 'biographia' (bio- vida + -graphia escrita).