history
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- noun
- /ˈhɪstəri/
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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.
- FDR or in modern history, FDR and JFK.
- And if we don't respect history, we'll repeat it.
- But he wasn't content just to watch history through his binoculars.
- It is the hottest water in the history of this country.
- This is not something you find across history in most cultures.
- The sort of denial of history that's built into that.
- How big are those inventions in the history of life on Earth?
- So a bit of history made this week.
- OK, there is no point ever in history to engage with Gaslighter.
- The idea of UFOs throughout recorded history, It's always been there.
- In fact, most of the folks in our history books are narcissistic.
- She has not just illuminated history, but made it.
- But the quote is history doesn't crawl, it leaps.
Examples
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This is not something you find across history in most cultures.
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They will carve your name in history for this.
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This must all seem like ancient history to you.
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No other mayor in the history of this city has been able to say that.
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I think the lesson of history is clear.
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I know this city has a sad history of voter fraud.
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Several BBC and Channel 4 programmes looked at the history of the institutions of government.
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For the first time in Muslim history, Islam had no caliph.
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The Holocaust is not simply another event in the history of the world; it has immense ramifications.
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Understanding the history of your hometown can deepen your appreciation for its culture.
Synonyms
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The time before now when events happened
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A written document that gives reliable information about past events
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The way important events and changes happen over time in the past
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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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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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
Surface Forms
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.