history

Meanings

Plural: histories

Noun

• the aggregate of past events
  • "a critical time in the school's history"
• a record or narrative description of past events
  • "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"
• The aggregate of past events.
• The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
• 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).
• A set of events involving an entity.
• A record or narrative description of past events.
• A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
• A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
• Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
• Shared experience or interaction.
• A historically significant event.

Verb

• To narrate or record.

Synonyms

account, background, chronicle, log, medical history, past, story, tale

Related Words

historiaster