history
(noun) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; “he teaches Medieval history”; “history takes the long view”
history
(noun) 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, account, chronicle, story
(noun) 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”
history
(noun) the aggregate of past events; “a critical time in the school’s history”
history
(noun) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; “all of human history”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
history (countable and uncountable, plural histories)
The aggregate of past events.
The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
(countable) A set of events involving an entity.
(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
(countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
(uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.
• (aggregate of past events): background, past
• (record or narrative description of past events): account, chronicle, story, tale
• (medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions): medical history
• (computing: record of previous user events): log
history (third-person singular simple present histories, present participle historying, simple past and past participle historied)
(obsolete) To narrate or record.
• Toryish, Troyish, roytish
Source: Wiktionary
His"to*ry, n.; pl. Histories. Etym: [L.historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of wit. See Wit, and cf. Story.]
1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. Shak. What histories of toil could I declare! Pope. History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action.
– Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.
Syn.
– Chronicle; annals; relation; narration.
– History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise. Pope. No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak. Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers.
His"to*ry, v. t.
Definition: To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
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