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throughout history

throughout history

49 2.4
During all the time people have lived
  • idiom
translation icon : a lo largo de la historia
  • Throughout history, those who are truly great, have stepped up.
  • people throughout history
  • the world throughout history
  • occur throughout history

These are great people that throughout history have stood up to evil.

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Examples

  • Throughout history, humans have created art that reflects their culture.

  • For this reason dogs have been used on battlefields throughout history.

  • Bad things have happened throughout history and we move forward.

  • That ultimately is how working people throughout history have ever won anything.

  • Well, all throughout history, gold was money, and in order to buy things, you had to have some gold.

  • Great men throughout history have done the same.

  • But throughout history, every empire has fallen.

  • Greek society, like most cultures throughout history, was dominated by men.

  • Examples of genocide can be found around the world, throughout history, from ancient times right through to our own day.

    Academic text (1990)
  • It will be remembered throughout history.

Antonyms

1.0

At no time in the past or future, not ever

438 2.0

Happens sometimes but not often

How Long

throughout history
49 2.4
over
1.0
recently
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

throughout + history

The meaning is directly compositional: 'throughout' = 'for the whole duration' and 'history' = 'past events', so a learner who knows both words can infer 'during the entire course of the past'. This is a common, cross-linguistic, and non-idiomatic combination, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Throughout history paints a picture: imagine a long thread running through every page of a history book, where throughout is the thread and history is the book. So it means 'at all times in the past'.