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History
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- 1 The aggregate of past events. countable, uncountable
"History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes."
- 2 the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings wordnet
- 3 The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events. countable, uncountable
"He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War."
- 4 all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge wordnet
- 5 The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory). countable, uncountable
"in all of human history and prehistory"
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- 6 a record or narrative description of past events wordnet
- 7 A set of events involving an entity. countable
"a long and sordid history"
- 8 the aggregate of past events wordnet
- 9 A record or narrative description of past events. countable
"I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories."
- 10 the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future wordnet
- 11 A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family. countable
"A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy."
- 12 A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser. countable
"I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history."
- 13 Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant. countable, informal, uncountable
"I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history."
- 14 Shared experience or interaction. uncountable
"There is too much history between them for them to split up now."
- 15 A historically significant event. uncountable
"You are witnessing history!"
- 1 To narrate or record. obsolete
"And therefore will hee wipe his Tables cleane, And keepe no Tell-tale to his Memorie, That may repeat, and Historie his losse"
Etymology
From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Doublet of story and storey. Attested in Middle English in 1393 by John Gower, Confessio Amantis, which was aimed at an educated audience familiar with French and Latin.
From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Doublet of story and storey. Attested in Middle English in 1393 by John Gower, Confessio Amantis, which was aimed at an educated audience familiar with French and Latin.
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