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history

632 1.2
The study of past events about people and societies
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪstəri/
  • Specialized
: 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.

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Examples

  • Howard M. Sachar is Professor Emeritus of Modern History and International Affairs at George Washington University.

    Academic text (2011)
  • John W. I. Lee is a professor of history at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It's kind of a fun history class.

  • All right, so history has been made again.

  • But then how do I understand its history and make it my own?

  • These are the questions that arise when we put history on trial.

  • I'm sorry, I'm late for my history class.

  • Perhaps that is why A.L. Rowse called history "the most important subject in the world."

    Academic text (2011)
  • Teaching government, civics, and history is becoming a more pressing need than before.

    Academic text (2011)
  • When we don't learn from history, it tends to repeat itself.

Synonyms

paletiology
vshistory
  • Specialized
9.9

The study of past events to find what caused them

is the academic study of past events without special focus on causes

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

The time that comes after the present

553 1.0

Happening or existing now

Idioms

During all the time people have lived

18 4.4

People say this when what happens next is well known

To make a big lasting change to what happens next

6 8.3

To support views future people will judge as morally wrong

Compounds

94 2.8

A past that goes back many years with traditions or events

A record of a person's past illnesses and treatments

34 3.7

The study of how works like paintings and sculptures changed over time

A class where a teacher talks about past events

family history
  • Specialized
27 2.7

Information about illnesses your relatives have had to help a doctor know your health risks

The way important events and changes happen over time in the past

ancient history
  • Informal
23 4.4

A past event or fact that many people no longer care about

natural history
  • Specialized
16 3.8

The study of plants and animals by watching them

15 3.9

A long, important past with many famous events and strong traditions

The events and people of the very early world up to the early Middle Ages

case history
  • Specialized
7 4.1

A detailed written record of a person's past medical and personal information

The past of a society's art, beliefs, and customs

A part of a school or university that teaches and studies the past

5 4.0

A record of events and experiences a person or animal goes through

Knowledge about past events and why they happened

5 4.4

A record of past bad actions that makes people not trust a person or organization

5 3.7

Information about close blood relatives who had cancer

A part of a university that teaches and studies history

Study of past events, people, and culture in the Muslim world

The study of early civilizations and people before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

1 8.9

Ideas or things people now see as old and useless

A story of imagined future events based on current trends

A thing that shows something important happened in the past

Past events many people find wrong or hurtful

A place that keeps and shows important things from the past, like a museum

The study and record of life and events in ancient Babylon

A very bad movie that makes cinema look worse

History of relations between Turkish and Albanian people, especially during Ottoman rule

How Detailed

chronicle
26 5.8
history
  • Specialized
632 1.2
account
521 3.0
note
∞ 1.0
summary
3 3.3

Surface Forms

history singular
histories plural

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.