a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle: a history of France; a medical history of the patient.
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the aggregate of past events.
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the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race.
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a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events: a ship with a history.
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acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings: Firsthand observers of our space program see history in the making.
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a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time: a history of the American eagle.
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a drama representing historical events: Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME historie < L historia < Gk historía learning or knowing by inquiry, history; deriv. of hístōr one who knows or sees (akin to wit, video, veda)]
A usually chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events: a history of the Vikings.
A formal written account of related natural phenomena: a history of volcanoes.
A record of a patient's medical background.
An established record or pattern of behavior: an inmate with a history of substance abuse.
The past events relating to a particular thing: The history of their rivalry is full of intrigue.
The aggregate of past events or human affairs: basic tools used throughout history.
An interesting past: a house with history.
Something that belongs to the past: Their troubles are history now.
Slang One that is no longer worth consideration: Why should we worry about him? He's history!
The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events: "History has a long-range perspective"(Elizabeth Gurley Flynn).
The past events relating to a particular thing: The history of their rivalry is full of intrigue.
The aggregate of past events or human affairs: basic tools used throughout history.
An interesting past: a house with history.
Something that belongs to the past: Their troubles are history now.
Slang One that is no longer worth consideration: Why should we worry about him? He's history!
A drama based on historical events: the histories of Shakespeare.
[Middle English histoire, from Old French, from Latin historia, from Greek historiā, from historein, to inquire, from histōr, learned man; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
1390, "relation of incidents" (true or false), from O.Fr. historie, from L. historia "narrative, account, tale, story," from Gk. historia "a learning or knowing by inquiry, history, record, narrative," from historein "inquire," from histor "wise man, judge," from PIE *wid-tor-, from base *weid- "to know," lit. "to see" (see vision). Related to Gk. idein "to see," and to eidenai "to know." In M.E., not differentiated from story; sense of "record of past events" probably first attested 1485. Sense of "systematic account (without reference to time) of a set of natural phenomena" (1567) is now obs. except in natural history. What is historic (1669) is noted or celebrated in history; what is historical (1561) deals with history. Historian "writer of history in the higher sense," distinguished from a mere annalist or chronicler, is from 1531. The O.E. word was þeod-wita.
the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
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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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the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
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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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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"
history 1. A record of previous user inputs (e.g. to a command interpreter) which can be re-entered without re-typing them. The major improvement of the C shell (csh) over the Bourne shell (sh) was the addition of a command history. This was still inferior to the history mechanism on VMS which allowed you to recall previous commands as the current input line. You could then edit the command using cursor motion, insert and delete. These sort of history editing facilities are available under tcsh and GNU Emacs. 2. The history of computing. 3. See Usenet newsgroups soc.history and alt.history for discussion of the history of the world. (1995-04-05)
An"nals\, n. pl. [L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual.]1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. "Annals the revolution." --Macaulay. "The annals of our religion." --Rogers. 2. Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. --Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. --Burke. 3. sing. The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." --Young. 4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science." Syn: History. See History.
Chron"i*cle\, n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. ?, neut. pl. of ?. See Chronic.]1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. 2. A narrative of events; a history; a record. 3. pl. The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings. Syn: Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.
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