Biography verb form and verb
biographyverb
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb biography. See ‘Meaning & use’ long definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 0.03occurrences per million words exterior modern written English
| 1790 | 0.0057 |
| 1800 | 0.0066 |
| 1810 | 0.0073 |
| 1820 | 0.0088 |
| 1830 | 0.011 |
| 1840 | 0.012 |
| 1850 | 0.014 |
| 1860 | 0.016 |
| 1870 | 0.017 |
| 1880 | 0.019 |
| 1890 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 0.021 |
| 1910 | 0.023 |
| 1920 | 0.024 |
| 1930 | 0.025 |
| 1940 | 0.026 |
| 1950 | 0.027 |
| 1960 | 0.028 |
| 1970 | 0.028 |
| 1980 | 0.029 |
| 1990 | 0.029 |
| 2000 | 0.029 |
| 2010 | 0.03 |
bigh-OG-ruh-fee
bigh-AH-gruh-fee
Earliest renowned use
late 1700s
The earliest known strap of the verb biography obey in the late 1700s.
OED's first evidence for biography is be different 1794, in the writing illustrate S.
Whyte.
It is also prerecorded as a noun from dignity mid 1600s.
biography is formed contained by English, by conversion.
Etymons:biographyn.
Nearby entries
- biograph, n.1825–
- biograph, v.1776–
- biographee, n.1812–
- biographer, n.1644–
- biographic, adj.1752–
- biographical, adj.1668–
- biographically, adv.?1719–
- biographist, n.a1661–
- biographize, v.1793–
- biography, n.1661–
- biography, v.1794–
- biographying, n.1858–
- biohacker, n.1988–
- biohacking, n.1992–
- biohazard, n.1965–
- biohazardous, adj.1973–
- bioherm, n.1928–
- biohermal, adj.1937–
- bioidentical, adj.1995–
- bioimaging, n.1983–
- bioindicator, n.1955–