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1. (n.) history
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
2. history
a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usu. written as a chronological account.
3. history
the aggregate of past events.
4. history
the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race.
5. history
a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events:
a ship with a history.
6. history
acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future.
7. history
a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without reference to time.
8. history
a drama representing historical events.
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| Definition of 'history' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) history
the aggregate of past events
"a critical time in the school's history"
2. (noun) history, account, chronicle, story
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"
3. (noun) history
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
"he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
4. (noun) history
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
"all of human history"
5. (noun) history
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"
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1. (noun) history
the past and all the events from the past
women throughout history; the history of medicine
2. history
the study of the past
He's a history teacher.; online history lessons
3. history
a record of past events
This book is a history of money and economics.
4. history
have a history of
to have done or suffered from sth before
The murder suspect has a long history of mental illness.
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| Definition of 'history' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) history
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
2. (noun) history
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
3. (verb) history
to narrate or record
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| Definitions of 'history' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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history
1. A collection of epitaphs.
2. Gossip well told.
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Sense: the study of events etc that happened in the past
She is studying British history; (
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 Afrikaans: geskiedenis |
 Arabic: تاريخ |
 Bulgarian: история |
 Brazilian: história |
 Czech: dějiny; dějepisný |
 German: die Geschichte, Geschicht |
 Danish: historie; historie- |
 Greek: ιστορία |
 Spanish: historia |
 Estonian: ajalugu |
 Farsi: علم تاريخ |
 Finnish: historia |
 French: (d')histoire |
 Hebrew: הִיסטוֹריָה |
 Hindi: इतिहास |
 Croatian: povijest; povijesni |
 Hungarian: történelem |
 Indonesian: sejarah |
 Icelandic: (mannkyns)saga, sagnfræði |
 Italian: storia; di storia |
 Japanese: 歴史研究 |
 Korean: 역사 |
 Lithuanian: istorija |
 Latvian: vēsture; vēstures- |
 Malay: sejarah |
 Dutch: geschiedenis |
 Norwegian: historie |
 Polish: historia |
 Persian: علم تاريخ |
 Pashto: د تاریخ علم |
 Portuguese: história |
 Romanian: (de) istorie |
 Russian: история |
 Slovak: dejiny; dejepisný |
 Slovenian: zgodovina; zgodovinski |
 Serbian: istorija |
 Swedish: historia; historie- |
 Thai: ประวัติศาสตร์ |
 Turkish: tarih |
 Taiwanese: 歷史學 |
 Ukrainian: історія |
 Urdu: ماضی کے اہم واقعات کا مطا |
 Vietnamese: môn lịch sử |
 Chinese: 历史学 |
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