HOW TO PRONOUNCE
biography
/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
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Give the second syllable the main beat.
Start with a lighter bye. Keep the hard g and r connected after the strongest vowel, and pronounce ph as f before the final ee.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She borrowed a biography of the artist.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does biography mean?
noun
- A person's life story, especially one published.
- The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
- To write a biography of.
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IPA pronunciation
/baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
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This biography of a newspaperman and inventor brings out sides of pioneer life that emphasis on fighting, farming, and ranching generally overlooks.
He had two or three books in hand at the same time--a novel and perhaps a biography and a book of travels.
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For the present I shall not expatiate further upon Stizus ruficornis, whose complete biography would be out of place in this chapter.
The eighteen months which Aurore now passed at Nohant, until the death of her grandmother, are very important as regards her psychological biography.
Among other books, he was delighted with Plutarch's LIVES, and at thirteen he composed a biography of Demosthenes, long preserved by his family.