history

[ his-tuh-ree, his-tree ]

/ ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri /

noun, plural his·to·ries.

the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.

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.

the aggregate of past events.

the record of past events and times, especially in connection with the human race.

a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events: a ship with a history.

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.

a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time: a history of the American eagle.

a drama representing historical events: Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.

Origin of history

1350–1400; Middle English historie < Latin historia < Greek historía “learning or knowing by inquiry, history”; derivative of hístōr “one who knows or sees” (akin to wit², video, Veda )

SYNONYMS FOR history

2 record, annals.

synonym study for history

2. See narrative.

OTHER WORDS FROM history

un·der·his·to·ry, noun, plural un·der·his·to·ries. un·his·to·ry, noun, plural un·his·to·ries.

Words nearby history

historicize, historied, historiographer, historiography, historrhexis, history, histosol, histotome, histotomy, histotoxic, histotoxic anoxia

Example sentences from the Web for histories

Official teachings and histories were pretty much all that was available to most Mormons.

God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is… |Michael Schulson |November 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Official Mormon histories about Joseph Smith may have been misleading.

God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is… |Michael Schulson |November 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But so are plenty of histories that try to attack the prophet.

God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is… |Michael Schulson |November 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many of us have tired of the blizzard of histories marking the sesquicentennial of the first years of the American Civil War.

Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed |Marc Wortman |September 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Together, they reveal their histories, teaching and learning from the shared tragedies of the past.

A Camp Away From Terror: Where Israeli and Palestinian Kids Find Common Ground |Nina Strochlic |August 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He guessed at their names, their loves, their histories, as one guesses at those of unknown passers-by travelling the same road.

The Secret Life |Elizabeth Bisland
The histories however that were circulated on the subject of oracles are exceedingly suspicious.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
What, after all we heard of her doings at Milan—after all the histories of her goddess-ship in every city of Italy?

A Siren |Thomas Adolphus Trollope
In his histories proper the special motive for embellishment disappears, but the habit of inaccuracy remains.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1 |Various
The histories of which I have been speaking were founded in truth, though the personages are not real.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) |Jacob Bryant

British Dictionary definitions for histories

history

/ (ˈhɪstərɪ, ˈhɪstrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

a record or account, often chronological in approach, of past events, developments, etc
(as modifier)a history book; a history play

all that is preserved or remembered of the past, esp in written form

the discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings

past events, esp when considered as an aggregate

an event in the past, esp one that has been forgotten or reduced in importance their quarrel was just history

the past, background, previous experiences, etc, of a thing or person the house had a strange history

computing a stored list of the websites that a user has recently visited

a play that depicts or is based on historical events

a narrative relating the events of a character's life the history of Joseph Andrews

Abbreviation (for senses 1–3): hist

Word Origin for history

C15: from Latin historia, from Greek: enquiry, from historein to narrate, from histōr judge

Idioms and Phrases with histories

history

see ancient history; go down (in history); make history; (history) repeats itself.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

history

noun, plural his·to·ries.

Origin of history

SYNONYMS FOR history

synonym study for history

OTHER WORDS FROM history

Words nearby history

Example sentences from the Web for histories

British Dictionary definitions for histories

noun plural -ries

Word Origin for history

Idioms and Phrases with histories

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

history

noun, plural his·to·ries.

Origin of history

SYNONYMS FOR history

synonym study for history

OTHER WORDS FROM history

Words nearby history

Words related to histories

Example sentences from the Web for histories

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noun plural -ries

Word Origin for history

Idioms and Phrases with histories

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