history
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- noun
- /ˈhɪstəri/
- Specialized
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historia
- In her history class, the teacher explained how ancient civilizations influenced modern society.
- history department
- professor of history
- art history
It's kind of a fun history class.
- It's kind of a fun history class.
- You have to study, OK, history, history and history.
- Yeah, Malcolm X says of all our studies, history, most rewards our research.
- I'll mention two other histories of philosophy.
- But we kind of do have a history, read a history book.
Examples
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Howard M. Sachar is Professor Emeritus of Modern History and International Affairs at George Washington University.
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John W. I. Lee is a professor of history at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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It's kind of a fun history class.
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All right, so history has been made again.
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But then how do I understand its history and make it my own?
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These are the questions that arise when we put history on trial.
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I'm sorry, I'm late for my history class.
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Perhaps that is why A.L. Rowse called history "the most important subject in the world."
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Teaching government, civics, and history is becoming a more pressing need than before.
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When we don't learn from history, it tends to repeat itself.
Synonyms
The study of past events to find what caused them
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Information about illnesses your relatives have had to help a doctor know your health risks
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The study of early civilizations and people before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
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4.1
A detailed written record of a person's past medical and personal information
History of relations between Turkish and Albanian people, especially during Ottoman rule
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Etymology
History comes from the Greek historia, meaning 'asking' or 'story', and that is why history as a school subject is the careful study and telling of past events.