biography
the story of a person's life, written by someone else
A biography tells the facts of someone's life, from birth to achievements. If people write their own life story, it is an autobiography.
biography meaning in Hindi
किसी व्यक्ति के जीवन की कहानी, जो किसी और ने लिखी हो; जीवनी
जीवनी किसी व्यक्ति के जीवन के तथ्य बताती है, जन्म से लेकर उपलब्धियों तक। अगर लोग अपनी जीवन-कहानी ख़ुद लिखें, तो वह आत्मकथा (autobiography) होती है।
Examples
- My brother is reading a biography of Sachin Tendulkar during the holidays.मेरा भाई छुट्टियों में सचिन तेंदुलकर की जीवनी पढ़ रहा है।
- The new biography of the former president reveals details from his early years in politics.पूर्व राष्ट्रपति की नई जीवनी राजनीति में उनके शुरुआती वर्षों के ब्योरे सामने लाती है।
Synonyms & antonyms
Memory trick
BIO = life, GRAPHY = writing: a biography is a life written down on paper.
💡 Did you know?
A life story written by the person themselves is an 'autobiography'; Gandhi's is 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth'.
Word origin
From Greek bios 'life' and -graphia 'writing'. The word entered English in the 17th century for a written account of a person's life.
Other meanings
noun The story of a person's life written by someone else.
biography meaning in other languages
| Hindi · हिन्दी | किसी व्यक्ति के जीवन की कहानी, जो किसी और ने लिखी हो; जीवनी |
| Arabic · العربية | قصة حياة شخص يكتبها شخص آخر؛ سيرة حياة |
| French · Français | l'histoire de la vie d'une personne, écrite par quelqu'un d'autre ; biographie |
| Indonesian · Bahasa Indonesia | kisah hidup seseorang yang ditulis orang lain; biografi |
| Chinese · 中文 | 由别人撰写的某人的生平故事；传记 |
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