biographical detail
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbiographicalanddetail
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biographical
adjective
uk/ˌbaɪ.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌbaɪ.oʊˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
about ...
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detail
noun
uk/ˈdiː.teɪl/us/dɪˈteɪl/us/ˈdiː.teɪl/
a single piece of information or fact ...
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(Definition ofbiographicalanddetailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are introduced, viabiographicaldetail, interviews and a brief overview of the dramatist's main concerns, to each of these writers' works.
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Organised by themes, the excerpts of conversations form a rich mosaic of reflections andbiographicaldetail.
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The author does not go into anybiographicaldetailabout his intellectual development as a sixties radical except to say that he was one.
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We need to resist, as much as possible, the temptation of contextualizing the diary withbiographicaldetailbecause that detail is so often derived from the diary itself.
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Whittall should be widely applauded for the precision with which he counters the reduction of music - to a political belief, abiographicaldetail, an ideological position, a social context.
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Some entries have a memorial (sometimes of several pages) givingbiographicaldetailand a strong religious message.
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This is a solid and well-researched book whose admirable footnotes provide biographical details of the major protagonists involved in the development of inter-war housing.
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It is a welcome gathering of the salient biographical details, cogently presented.
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Friedlnder focused on providingbiographicaldetailabout the painters, establishing attribution, and closely examining the major works.
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Brooks' reputation rested on the dexterity with which he embroidered elaboratebiographicaldetailinto brilliant anecdotal prose.
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Moreover, the casual reader with an interest in biographical details of jazz musicians will find many of the vignettes fascinating.
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I found many of the annotations non-intrusive, and they adequately dealt with the geographical and biographical details that needed outside referencing.
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It gives biographical details of key performers, and stylistic descriptions of their most characteristic songs.
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Iliffe says that his goal is to write a ' collective biography ', and the biographical details in this book are compelling.
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Lennox, an intensely private person, reacted defensively to questions about her off-stage life and limited her answers to the barest of biographical details.
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The book consists of 36 separate biographical essays - by no fewer than 22 authors - and a summary chapter taking care of 18 more for whom biographical details remain elusive.
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I see no benefit in publishing further biographical details.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The press release named the five and gave biographical details and some record of their public life.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am aware, after taking a cursory glance at his biographical details, that he married in 1982.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Sometimes these were supplemented by biographical details derived from other sources.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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