history
see also: History
Pronunciation
History
Noun
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see also: History
Pronunciation
- enPR hĭsʹt(ə)rē, IPA: /ˈhɪst(ə)ɹi/, /ˈhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/
history
- The aggregate of past events.
- History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
- The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
- He teaches history at the university. History will not look kindly on these tyrants. He dreams of an invention that will make history.
- (countable) A set of events involving an entity.
- What is your medical history? The family's history includes events best forgotten.
- (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
- I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.
- (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
- A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy. He has a history of cancer in his family.
- (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
- I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.
- (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
- I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.
- (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
- There is too much history between them for them to split up now.
- He has had a lot of history with the police.
- (aggregate of past events) background, past
- (record or narrative description of past events) account, chronicle, story, tale
- (medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions) medical history
- (computing: record of previous user events) log
- French: histoire
- German: Geschichte, Historie
- Italian: storia
- Portuguese: histórico
- Russian: исто́рия
- Spanish: historia
- French: histoire
- German: Geschichtswissenschaft
- Italian: storia
- Portuguese: história
- Russian: исто́рия
- Spanish: historia
- Portuguese: histórico
- French: histoire, passé
- German: Geschichte, Erzählung
- Italian: storia
- Portuguese: documentário
- Russian: исто́рия
- Spanish: historia
- French: historique, anamnèse
- German: Anamnese
- Italian: precedenti, anamnesi
- Portuguese: histórico médico, anamnese
- Russian: исто́рия
- Spanish: antecedentes, historia clínica, historial, anamnesis
- French: historique
- German: Verlauf
- Italian: cronologia
- Portuguese: histórico
- Russian: исто́рия
- Spanish: historia, historial, registro
history (histories, present participle historying; past and past participle historied)
History
Noun
history (uncountable)
- Alternative form of history, especially when defined as a school subject.
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