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Meaning of 'history' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . History [ n.]
- A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
- A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
2 . History [ v. t.]
- To narrate or record.

Meaning of 'history' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . history [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the aggregate of past events
Example in sentence:
  • a critical time in the school's history
Meaning (2):
- a record or narrative description of past events
Example in sentence:
  • a history of France;
  • he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president;
  • the story of exposure to lead
Meaning (3):
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
Example in sentence:
  • all of human history
Meaning (4):
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
Example in sentence:
  • from the beginning of history;
  • the dawn of recorded history
Meaning (5):
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
Example in sentence:
  • he teaches Medieval history;
  • history takes the long view

Nearby Words:

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