Английский Этимологический словарь - biography
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Biography
biography
- 1683, from Late Gk. biographia (not in classical Gk.), from Gk. bio- "life" + graphia "record, account," from graphein "to write."
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~ n 1 an account of a person's life written by someone else (Boswell's biography of Dr. Johnson) 2 the part of literature that consists of biographies (- compare autobiography) - biographical adj - biographically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(biographies) 1. A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else. N-COUNT: oft with poss 2. Biography is the branch of literature which deals with accounts of people’s lives. ...a volume of biography and criticism. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -phies) Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy Date: 1683 1. a usually written history of a person's life 2. biographical writings as a whole 3. an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a written account of a person's life, usu. by another. b such writing as a branch of literature. 2 the course of a living (usu. human) being's life. Derivatives biographer n. biographic adj. biographical adj. Etymology: F biographie or mod.L biographia f. med.Gk ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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