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Definitions for History

[1] the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
[2] 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.
[3] the aggregate of past events.
[4] the record of past events and times, especially in connection with the human race.
[5] a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events: a ship with a history.
[6] 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.
[7] a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time: a history of the American eagle.
[8] a drama representing historical events: Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
[9] a record or account, often chronological in approach, of past events, developments, etc (as modifier ) a history book ; a history play
[10] all that is preserved or remembered of the past, esp in written form
[11] the discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings
[12] past events, esp when considered as an aggregate
[13] an event in the past, esp one that has been forgotten or reduced in importance their quarrel was just history
[14] the past, background, previous experiences, etc, of a thing or person the house had a strange history
[15] computing a stored list of the websites that a user has recently visited
[16] a play that depicts or is based on historical events
[17] a narrative relating the events of a character's life the history of Joseph Andrews

Words related to History

past, story, account, tale, record, annals, relation, biography, yesteryear, yesterday, antiquity, autobiography, recapitulation, saga, journal, narrative, recital, version, diary, narration

Words nearby History

historicize, historied, historiographer, historiography, historrhexis, history, histosol, histotome, histotomy, histotoxic, histotoxic anoxia

Origin of History

1350–1400; Middle English historie < Latin historia < Greek historía “learning or knowing by inquiry, history”; derivative of hístōr “one who knows or sees” (akin to wit2, video, Veda )

Other words from History

un·der·his·to·ry , noun, plural un·der·his·to·ries.
un·his·to·ry , noun, plural un·his·to·ries.

Word origin for History

C15: from Latin historia, from Greek: enquiry, from historein to narrate, from histōr judge

Synonyms for History

past, antiquity, yesterday, yesteryear, ancient times, bygone times, days of old, days of yore, good old days, old days, olden days