bio

1 of 2

noun

plural bios
: a biography or biographical sketch

bio-

2 of 2

prefix

Examples of bio in a Sentence

Noun you can read a bio of the author on her home page
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Noun
The city immediately placed them on unpaid leave amid an investigation, and their bios have been scrubbed from the city website. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 May 2025 According to her official bio, Monya got her start onstage in San Diego and has also acted in commercials. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 May 2025 An author bio describes Brace as an intersex trans man from a small town in Kansas and as the director of Trans Heartland. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025 People may overlook this from his bio, but O'Brien majored in history and literature and his senior thesis at Harvard was on the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. Staff Author, EW.com, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bio

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bio was in 1947

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“Bio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bio. Accessed 26 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

bio-

combining form
1
: life
biosphere
2
: living organisms or tissue
biochemistry
Etymology

Combining form

from Greek bi-, bio- "life"

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