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history

∞ 1.0
All past events related to a place, person, or group
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪstəri/
: historia
  • The museum exhibits artifacts that tell the history of ancient civilizations.
  • a long history
  • recent history
  • human history

FDR or in modern history, FDR and JFK.

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Examples

  • This is not something you find across history in most cultures.

  • They will carve your name in history for this.

  • This must all seem like ancient history to you.

  • No other mayor in the history of this city has been able to say that.

  • I think the lesson of history is clear.

  • I know this city has a sad history of voter fraud.

  • Several BBC and Channel 4 programmes looked at the history of the institutions of government.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For the first time in Muslim history, Islam had no caliph.

  • The Holocaust is not simply another event in the history of the world; it has immense ramifications.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Understanding the history of your hometown can deepen your appreciation for its culture.

Synonyms

past
vshistory
∞ 1.0

The time before now when events happened

focuses on earlier events tied to a specific subject place or group
course of history
vshistory
24 3.9

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

is a general list of earlier events rather than their development
historical record
vshistory
20 3.3

A written document that gives reliable information about past events

covers all earlier events related to a subject rather than a single document

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

Surface Forms

history singular
histories plural

Etymology

History comes from the old Greek word historia, which meant 'asking' or a 'story about what happened', so history is the record of past events that helps us understand how places, people, and cultures came to be.