History - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɪstrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word history
Brit.  |ˈhɪst(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word history

noun

- the aggregate of past events
a critical time in the school's history
- a record or narrative description of past events (syn: account, chronicle, story)
a history of France
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
he teaches Medieval history
history takes the long view
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
all of human history
- 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

Extra examples

I studied history in college.

A professor of medieval history

They were one of the greatest teams in history.

It was one of the most destructive storms in modern history.

It was a period in American history when most people lived and worked on farms.

The history of space exploration is a fascinating topic.

He wrote a well-known history of the British empire.

The book begins with a brief history of the Internet.

History repeats itself.

The group has quite a history.

Throughout history the achievements of women have been largely ignored.

No man in recent history has done more to rebuild the Democratic Party.

Other meteor storms have occurred in recorded history.

History shows that the usual response to violent protest is repression.

The 1970s were the most successful in the theater's long history.

Word forms

noun
singular: history
plural: histories
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