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unique life story

unique life story

4.1
The personal experiences and events that make someone different from others
  • noun
translation icon : historia de vida única
  • In the documentary, each participant reveals their unique life story filled with personal struggles and triumphs.

Examples

  • I have found a similar rendering in Hutchinson: "Ships contain provisional floating communities where diverse dramas arise and unfold, and where characters often tell their unique life stories."

    Academic text (1996)
  • Everyone has a unique life story that shapes their perspective on the world.

  • She shared her unique life story to inspire others who faced similar challenges.

Synonyms

life
vsunique life story
5.6

A written story about a person's events and experiences

emphasizes that the experiences make someone distinct rather than being just a written account
biography
vsunique life story
188 2.6

A written account of a person's life and important events

focuses on how those experiences make someone distinct rather than on written detail
autobiography
vsunique life story
83 3.8

A book a person writes about their own life

focuses on the uniqueness of experiences themselves not who records them
life story
vsunique life story
53 2.1

An account of the events and experiences of a person's life

emphasizes the uniqueness of those experiences rather than just telling them
life history
vsunique life story
4 4.0

A record of events and experiences a person or animal goes through

focuses on how those experiences make someone distinct from others

How Detailed

unique life story
4.1
prosopography
  • Specialized
9.9
bios
  • Informal
3.7
to name
974 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

unique + life + story

The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'unique' (distinct), 'life' (one's experiences/existence) and 'story' (a narrative), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it easily. This simple noun phrase follows common compositional patterns found across languages, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.

Etymology

Unique life story paints a picture of a single book full of one person's days and events, with unique pages showing their life and story. So, it means 'the personal experiences and history that make someone different'.