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life history

life history noun: an investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.

Noun

life history (countable and uncountable, plural life histories)

  1. An investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
    • His life history shows that he frequently moves from town to town, moving from one job to the next.
  2. Information concerning a person’s diseases and medical disorders suffered during his or her lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
  3. The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.

life history meaning in Tamil

life history in Tamil

வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு, வாழ்க்கைச்சரிதம், வாழ்க்கைவரலாறு

Forms of life history

plurallife histories

Questions about life history

What does life history mean?
Life history means an investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
What is life history in Tamil?
Life history in Tamil is வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு, வாழ்க்கைச்சரிதம், வாழ்க்கைவரலாறு. See Life history meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is life history?
Life history is a noun.
What is the plural of life history?
The plural of life history is life histories.

Words near life history in the dictionary

  1. life hacks
  2. life hammer
  3. life hammers
  4. life happens
  5. life histories
  6. life history
  7. life imitates art
  8. life imprisonment
  9. life imprisonments
  10. life insurance
  11. life insurances

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: life history (page history and authors); life history (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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