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| 1. | [ noun ] (history) the aggregate of past events | |
| Examples: | : "a critical time in the school's history" |
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| Related terms: | past age middle_ages Renaissance antiquity historic_period | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a record or narrative description of past events | |
| Synonyms: | account story chronicle | |
| Examples: | : "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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| Related terms: | record biography case_history recital annals ancient_history historical_document etymology | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (history) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings | |
| Examples: | : "he teaches Medieval history" "history takes the long view" |
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| Related terms: | humanistic_discipline historian Saracen Saracen boston_tea_party | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (history) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future | |
| Examples: | : "all of human history" |
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| Related terms: | continuum | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (history) all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge | |
| Examples: | : "the dawn of recorded history" "from the beginning of history" |
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| Related terms: | cognition | |
| Similar spelling: |
historic historied historian Hightower historical histrion |
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