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history
[ his-tuh-ree, his-tree ]
noun
- the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle:
a history of France;
a medical history of the patient.
Synonyms: ,
- the aggregate of past events.
- the record of past events and times, especially in connection with the human race.
- a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events:
a ship with a history.
- acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings:
Firsthand observers of our space program see history in the making.
- a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time:
a history of the American eagle.
- a drama representing historical events:
Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
history
/ ˈhɪstrɪ; ˈhɪstərɪ /
noun
- a record or account, often chronological in approach, of past events, developments, etc
- ( as modifier )
a history play
a history book
- all that is preserved or remembered of the past, esp in written form
- the discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings
- past events, esp when considered as an aggregate
- an event in the past, esp one that has been forgotten or reduced in importance
their quarrel was just history
- the past, background, previous experiences, etc, of a thing or person
the house had a strange history
- computing a stored list of the websites that a user has recently visited
- a play that depicts or is based on historical events
- a narrative relating the events of a character's life
the history of Joseph Andrews
Other Word Forms
- ܲd·t· noun plural underhistories
- ܲ·t· noun plural unhistories
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of history1
Idioms and Phrases
see ancient history ; go down (in history) ; make history ; (history) repeats itself .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That was the question faced by millions of people on Monday across Spain and Portugal during the worst electricity blackout in their history.
But CalMatters later reported that data from the agency showed it had no prior knowledge of criminal or immigration history for 77 of the 78 people arrested.
The union said this is the first time in county history that all its members have joined a strike.
These reports take in elements of the defendant's family history, behaviour and work to paint a picture of their lives and help jurors make a decision.
"The only way that Irish history and mythology was passed down was orally. I think that's why it's important for us to have that intertwined with our music," Móglaí Bap told Crack magazine last year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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