life history
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4.0
- noun
- /laɪf ˈhɪstəri/
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historia de vida
- He shared his detailed life history from childhood to present during the interview.
- life history traits
- life history variation
- life history stage
Well, you be the judge as we now work our way through the life histories of several extraordinary geniuses.
- Well, you be the judge as we now work our way through the life histories of several extraordinary geniuses.
- Narcissistic abuse runs deep in families, and it often runs through our life histories.
- And yes, I recognize that it is far more complicated as you may also be grieving family, love, hope and your own life history.
- And I'll tape him up, spread eagle into a tree, read him his life history very quickly.
Examples
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If you go out with me, I'll tell you my life history.
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The second most important thing in the life history of any Organism is death, and there's no mention of it.
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In addition, we have to know what purposes the elements of a life history are meant to serve.
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I just tell people my whole life history, and I don't even know a thing about them.
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Several of the people we talked to in our collection of life histories seem to fit into this group.
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When you have a child with an IEP and you work in the system, everybody knows your life history.
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So I'm taking you through the major life history traits from birth to reproduction to death.
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The following is a general description of the population biology and life history of these four North American menhaden species.
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Well, you be the judge as we now work our way through the life histories of several extraordinary geniuses.
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Within a marginalized refugee population, the life history is not an undisputable social fact, however.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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5.6
A written story about a person's events and experiences
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1.0
An account of past events about a person or place
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2.6
A written account of a person's life and important events
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2.1
An account of the events and experiences of a person's life
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an account of the series of events that make up a person's or organism's life' is directly derivable from combining 'life' (the events/experience of living) with 'history' (an account of past events). This noun‑noun composition is a regular, cross‑linguistic pattern (e.g. 'historia de vida', 'histoire de vie') and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The compound life history is like a book or timeline that tells the main events of someone's life. Because life means a person's experiences and history means a record of past events, life history means 'an account of a person's experiences over time'.