biography (noun)

  • 61life — noun (plural lives) 1》 the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.     ↘living things and their activity. 2》 the… …

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  • 62autobiography — noun 1 (C) the story of your life written by yourself 2 (U) literature that is concerned with people writing about their own lives autobiographic, adjective autobiographical adjective autobiographically /kli/ adverb compare biography …

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  • 63collaborator — noun (C) 1 someone who helps their country s enemies, for example by giving them information, when the enemy has taken control of their country: Their job was to identify enemy collaborators. 2 someone who works with other people in order to… …

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  • 64history — noun 1) my interest in history Syn: the past, former times, historical events, the olden days, the old days, bygone days, long ago, yesterday, antiquity; literary days of yore, yesteryear 2) a history of the Boxer Rebellion Syn …

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  • 65memoir — noun 1) a touching memoir of her childhood Syn: account, history, record, chronicle, narrative, story, portrayal, depiction, sketch, portrait, profile, biography, monograph 2) (memoirs) …

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  • 66life — noun 1) the joy of giving life to a child Syn: existence, being, living, animation, sentience, creation, viability 2) life on Earth Syn: living beings/creatures, human/animal/plant life, fauna …

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  • 67autobiographer — noun someone who writes their own biography • Derivationally related forms: ↑autobiography • Hypernyms: ↑biographer …

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  • 68biographer — noun someone who writes an account of a person s life • Derivationally related forms: ↑biography • Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author • Hyponyms: ↑autobiographer, ↑hagiographer, ↑hagiographist …

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  • 69Boswell — noun 1. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740 1795) • Syn: ↑James Boswell • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author 2. a devoted admirer and recorder of another s words and deeds • Hypernyms: ↑supporter, ↑ …

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  • 70Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell — noun English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810 1865) • Syn: ↑Gaskell, ↑Elizabeth Gaskell • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …

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