Biography: alternatives and connections

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

Both contain the Greek root bio, meaning life.

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

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A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a descr…

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

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Same Hagiographa.

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An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

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One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

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One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

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Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

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Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

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The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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