Phrase guide
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noun
An investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Information concerning a person’s diseases and medical disorders suffered during his or her lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
the general progression of your working or professional life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: career
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
noun
an account of the series of events making up a person's life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: biography, life, life story
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: history, account, chronicle, story
Narrower terms: autobiography, hagiography, profile, Parallel Lives
History
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