history
Definitions
- history (the aggregate of past events)
- The aggregate of past events.
- history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)
- be history, to be no longer present, participating, or relevant: If they lose this game, they're history.
- The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- history (a set of events involving an entity)
- one who chronicles yearly events; a writer of annals.
- The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).
- history (a record or narrative description of past events)
- Obsolete, the recording or study of past events.
- A set of events involving an entity.
- story (a sequence of real or fictional events)
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the application of mathematics, especially statistics, to the study of history. — cliometrician, n. n
- A record or narrative description of past events.
- A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- the belief that history repeats itself, as suggested in the writings of Arnold Toynbee. Also cyclicity. — cyclic, adj.
- A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- a work on heroes and their history. — heroologist, n. — heroological, adj.
- Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- the study or knowledge of history.
- Shared experience or interaction.
- historicism.
- A historically significant event.
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the theory that there is only one causal factor in history, as intellect or nature. — monist, n. — monistic, adj. n
- a specialist in Oriental history, art, literature, etc.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansgeskiedenis
አማርኛታሪክ
Azərbaycan dilitarix
বাংলাইতিহাস
བོད་སྐད།ལོ་རྒྱུས
Bosanskihistorijaistorijapovestpovijestpovijest bolestiprošlostsagaисторијаповестповијестпрошлостхисторија
Esperantohistorio
Eestiajalugu
Euskarahistoria
Suomiesitietoförbihissahistoriahistoriantutkimushistoriatiedehistoriikkikäyttäjähistoriamenneen talven lumiamenneisyysmennytpotilashistoria
Gaeilgestair
Gàidhligeachdraidh
Galegohistoria
ગુજરાતીઇતિહાસ
Hrvatskihistorijaistorijapovestpovijestpovijest bolestiprošlostsagaисторијаповестповијестпрошлостхисторија
ქართულიისტორია
Қазақ тілітарих
ಕನ್ನಡಇತಿಹಾಸ
Кыргызчатарых
Latinahistoria
ລາວປະຫວັດສາດ
Lietuviųistorija
Latviešuvēsture
Te Reo Māorihītori
Македонскиисторија
മലയാളംചരിത്രം
Монголтүүх
मराठीइतिहास
Maltistorja
မြန်မာသမိုင်း
नेपालीइतिहास
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਇਤਿਹਾਸ
Ikinyarwandaamateka
සිංහලඉතිහාසය
Slovenščinazgodovina
Shqiphistori
Српскиhistorijaistorijapovestpovijestpovijest bolestiprošlostsagaисторијаповестповијестпрошлостхисторија
Kiswahilihistoria
Тоҷикӣтаърих
ትግርኛታሪኽ
Türkmençetaryh
Tagalogkasaysayan
Setswanahisetori
ئۇيغۇرچەتارىخ
O'zbekchatarix
繁體中文病史
Examples
“History repeats itself if we don’t learn⟳ from its mistakes.”
“He dreams of an invention that will make⟳ history.”
“With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End⟳ of London.”
“Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race⟳. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define⟳ groups of people by race⟳ really a matter⟳ of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”
“So, we have⟳ a shared history - we will also have⟳ a shared future.”
“He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.”
“History and experience⟳ act as a filter that can distort as much as elucidate. It is largely forgotten now, overlooked in the one-line description of Tony Blair and George W Bush as the men who lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, but there was a wider context to their conviction.”
“in all of human history and prehistory”
“in all recorded history”
“a long and sordid history”
“What is your medical history?”
“The family's history includes events best forgotten.”
“[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify⟳ evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.”
“I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.”
“a short history of post-Columbian colonization”
“Thucydides wrote a history of the Peleponnesian War that uses different sources than Herodotus' work⟳.”
“A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.”
“He has a history of cancer in his family.”
“This diagnosis is usually based solely on the history and physical examination, although laboratory tests are occasionally also obtained.”
“I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.”
“When you do that, the browser window has no browser history, so it doesn't report⟳ a referrer page to the first site you visit⟳.”
“I told him that if he doesn't get⟳ his act together, he's history.”
“There is too much history between them for them to split⟳ up now.”
“He has had a lot of history with the police.”
“You are witnessing history!”
“We have⟳ a new president: Barack Obama. I never thought a black man would be elected. It's exciting! It's history!”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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