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history

/ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/noun3 syllables

History means: a record or narrative description of past events.

Synonyms for history3

noun, as in a record or narrative description of past events

What does history mean?5

noun

1

a record or narrative description of past events“a history of France”

2

the aggregate of past events“a critical time in the school's history”

3

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings“he teaches Medieval history”

4

the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future“all of human history”

5

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge“the dawn of recorded history”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with history?1

three syllables

Show 27 near rhymes
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History in a sentence

  • That's a bankrupt idea, as the history of modern politics readily shows.darinmex
  • However, there are instances in history where entire peoples were successfully exterminated.hrin
  • In the heart of the city, there is an institution with a golden history.Parmeet
  • History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.deniko
  • I'll examine the patient right away, but before let's check his medical history.marcelostockle
  • The younger a country, the more vigorously it tries to acquire its history.astynk
  • We can't change history, but we can learn from it.patgfisher
  • This does not mean only the study of language, history or geography.unknown

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Forms of history

as a noun

plural
histories