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biographical

biographical

18 3.7
About the facts and events of a person's life
  • adjective
  • /ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl/
translation icon : biográfico
  • His biographical information provided insight into his early life and inspirations.
  • biographical sketch
  • biographical information
  • biographical account

But first, let's do a little biographical sketch.

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Examples

  • It's happening as we speak in the Cabinet Office, so I thought we could turn to some biographical questions.

  • Common approaches to teaching literature take into consideration historical and biographical contexts.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Well, I imagine it's some kind of biographical piece.

  • I read some biographical material on you last week, Bill.

  • Some will be basic, biographical questions.

  • Much has been written on the possible biographical sources for this character.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I had a short biographical sketch of him.

  • The last page contains some biographical information about the characters but reveals a few plot points.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I've also put together some biographical details for yourself.

  • Students could write a biographical essay, create a visual display, or design a PowerPoint presentation.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

biographic
vsbiographical
1 4.8

About a person's life that someone writes as a story

focuses on factual details about a person's life rather than the writing

How Biographical

biographical
18 3.7
fictional
106 3.4

Surface Forms

biographical positive

Morphology

biographical = biography (transparent) = biography + ical

The adjective is a standard derivation from 'biography' meaning 'relating to biography', with only a regular spelling adjustment before -ical.

Etymology

Biographical comes from Greek parts bio- 'life' and -graph 'write', the same bio- you see in biology and the same -graph as in autograph. So biographical means 'about a person's life', which is why it describes facts or stories written about someone.