Definitions for historyˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
his•to•ryˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri(n.)(pl.)-ries.
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
Category: Western History
a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usu. written as a chronological account.
Category: Western History
the aggregate of past events.
Category: Western History
the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race.
Category: Western History
a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events:
a ship with a history.
Category: Western History
acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future.
Category: Western History
a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without reference to time.
Category: Western History
a drama representing historical events.
Category: Western History, Literature
Idioms for history:
be history,to be no longer present, participating, or relevant:
If they lose this game, they're history.
Category: Idiom
Origin of history:
1350–1400; ME < L historia < Gk historía learning or knowing by inquiry, history, der. of hístōr one who knows or sees (akin to wit2)
Princeton's WordNet
history(noun)
the aggregate of past events
"a critical time in the school's history"
history, account, chronicle, story(noun)
a record or narrative description of past events
"a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
history(noun)
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
"he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
history(noun)
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
"all of human history"
history(noun)
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
"the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
history(noun)ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri
the past and all the events from the past
women throughout history; the history of medicine
historyˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri
the study of the past
He's a history teacher.; online history lessons
historyˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri
a record of past events
This book is a history of money and economics.
historyˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri
to have done or suffered from sth before
The murder suspect has a long history of mental illness.
Wiktionary
history(Noun)
The aggregate of past events.
history(Noun)
The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
history(Noun)
A set of events involving an entity.
history(Noun)
A record or narrative description of past events.
history(Noun)
The list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
history(Noun)
A record of previous user events; specifically, a browser history, a history of visited Web pages.
I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL; oh! ... luckily I didn't clear my history.
history(Noun)
Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.
Webster Dictionary
History(noun)
a learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill
History(noun)
a systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory
History(verb)
to narrate or record
The Roycroft Dictionary
history
1. A collection of epitaphs. 2. Gossip well told.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
HISTORY
The evil that men do.
Translations for history
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
history(noun)
the study of events etc that happened in the past
She is studying British history; (also adjective) a history lesson/book.
- geskiedenisAfrikaans

- تاريخArabic

- историяBulgarian

- históriaPortuguese (BR)

- dějiny; dějepisnýCzech

- die Geschichte, Geschichts-...German

- historie; historie-Danish

- ιστορίαGreek

- historiaSpanish

- ajaluguEstonian

- علم تاريخFarsi

- historiaFinnish

- (d')histoireFrench

- הִיסטוֹריָהHebrew

- इतिहासHindi

- povijest; povijesniCroatian

- történelemHungarian

- sejarahIndonesian

- (mannkyns)saga, sagnfræðiIcelandic

- storia; di storiaItalian

- 歴史研究Japanese

- 역사Korean

- istorijaLithuanian

- vēsture; vēstures-Latvian

- sejarahMalay

- geschiedenisDutch

- historieNorwegian

- historiaPolish

- علم تاريخPersian

- د تاریخ علمPashto

- históriaPortuguese

- (de) istorieRomanian

- историяRussian

- dejiny; dejepisnýSlovak

- zgodovina; zgodovinskiSlovenian

- istorijaSerbian

- historia; historie-Swedish

- ประวัติศาสตร์Thai

- tarihTurkish

- 歷史學Chinese (Trad.)

- історіяUkrainian

- ماضی کے اہم واقعات کا مطالعہ، تاریخUrdu

- môn lịch sửVietnamese

- 历史学Chinese (Simp.)

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