history
noun
1. the aggregate of past events
- a critical time in the school's history
Definition categories: time, past, yesteryear
2. a record or narrative description of past events
- a history of France
Similar word(s): account, chronicle, story
Definition categories: communication, record
3. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- he teaches Medieval history
- history takes the long view
Definition categories: thought, arts, humanities
4. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
- all of human history
Definition categories: time, continuum
5. 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
Definition categories: thought, cognition, knowledge, noesis
Sentences with history as a noun:
- History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
- He teaches history at the university.
- What is your medical history?
- A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
- I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.
- I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.
- There is too much history between them for them to split up now.
- He has had a lot of history with the police.
verb
1. (obsolete) To narrate or record.