History (Noun)
Meaning 1
All that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
The aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 3
The continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Meaning 4
A record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The book is a detailed history of the American Civil War.
- The professor gave a comprehensive history of the Roman Empire in her lecture.
- She wrote a fascinating history of the development of modern medicine.
- The museum's new exhibit is a history of the city's growth and evolution.
- The historian's book is a meticulous history of the French Revolution.
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Meaning 5
The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.