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history [ˈhɪstərɪ ˈhɪstrɪ] n pl -ries 1. (Historical Terms) a. a record or account, often chronological in approach, of past events, developments, etc. b. (as modifier) a history book a history play 2. (Historical Terms) all that is preserved or remembered of the past, esp in written form 3. (Historical Terms) the discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings 4. (Historical Terms) past events, esp when considered as an aggregate 5. an event in the past, esp one that has been forgotten or reduced in importance their quarrel was just history 6. the past, background, previous experiences, etc., of a thing or person the house had a strange history 7. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Computing a stored list of the websites that a user has recently visited 8. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a play that depicts or is based on historical events 9. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a narrative relating the events of a character's life the history of Joseph Andrews Abbreviation (for senses 1-3) hist [from Latin historia, from Greek: enquiry, from historein to narrate, from histōr judge] History one who chronicles yearly events; a writer of annals. Obsolete, the recording or study of past events. the application of mathematics, especially statistics, to the study of history. — cliometrician, n. the belief that history repeats itself, as suggested in the writings of Arnold Toynbee. Also cyclicity. — cyclic, adj. 1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, or group. 2. the study of family ancestries or histories. 3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage. — genealogist, n. — genealogie, genealogical, adj. a work on heroes and their history. — heroologist, n. — heroological, adj. 1. a theory that history is determined by immutable laws. 2. a theory that all cultural phenomena are historically determined and that all historians should study a period on its own merits. 3. a search for the laws of historical evolution. 4. a profound or an excessive respect for historical institutions, as traditions or laws. Also historism. — historicist, n., adj. 1. the body of literature concerned with historical matters. 2. the methods of historical research and presentation. 3. an official history. — historiographer, n. — historiographic, historiographical, adj. the study or knowledge of history. historicism. 1. an expert in medieval history, literature, art, architecture, etc. 2. a person devoted to the art, culture, or spirit of the Middle Ages. the theory that there is only one causal factor in history, as intellect or nature. — monist, n. — monistic, adj. a specialist in Oriental history, art, literature, etc. 1. a biographical sketch containing a description of a person’s appearance, qualities, and history. 2. a collection of such sketches. — prosopographer, n. See also facial features. the earliest period of history, before the time when records were kept. — protohistorical, adj. a movement to reexamine historical information in the light of current knowledge. — revisionist, n., adj. History See Also: PAST
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history noun 1. the past, the old days, antiquity, yesterday, the good old days, yesteryear, ancient history, olden days, days of old, days of yore, bygone times Is history about to repeat itself? 2. chronicle, record, story, account, relation, narrative, saga, recital, narration, annals, recapitulation his magnificent history of broadcasting in Canada 3. life story, story, biography, autobiography, memoirs I studied her history closely. Quotations "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles" [Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto] "History is philosophy from examples" [Dionysius of Halicarnassus Ars Rhetorica] "There is properly no history; only biography" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays] "History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today" [Henry Ford] "History is past politics, and politics is present history" [E.A. Freeman Methods of Historical Study] "What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it" [G.W.F. Hegel Philosophy of History] "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake" [James Joyce Ulysses] "The world's history is the world's judgement" [Friedrich von Schiller] "Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes" [Voltaire L'Ingénu] "That great dust-heap called `history'" [Augustine Birrell Obiter Dicta] "History [is] a distillation of rumour" [Thomas Carlyle History of the French Revolution] "History gets thicker as it approaches recent times" [A.J.P. Taylor English History 1914-45] "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce" [Karl Marx] Proverbs "History repeats itself" HistoryHistorical characters Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Mark Antony, Attila the Hun, Augustus, Thomas à Becket, Billy the Kid, The Black Prince, Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart), Lucrezia Borgia, Boudicca or Boadicea, Brutus, Buddha, Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody), Julius Caesar, Catherine the Great, Charlemagne, Winston Churchill, El Cid, Cleopatra, Clive of India, Christopher Columbus, Captain James Cook, Hernando Cortés, Crazy Horse, Davy Crockett, Oliver Cromwell, George Armstrong Custer, Francis Drake, Guy Fawkes, Yuri Gagarin, Mahatma Gandhi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Genghis Khan, Geronimo, Gordon of Khartoum, Che Guevara, Haile Selassie, Hannibal, Henry VIII, Hereward the Wake, Hiawatha, Wild Bill (James Butler) Hickok, Adolf Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, Jesse James, Jesus, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther King, Lawrence of Arabia, Robert E(dward) Lee, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther, Mary, Queen of Scots, Mao Ze Dong or Mao Tse-tung, Marie Antoinette, Mohammed or Muhammad, Montezuma, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Florence Nightingale, Captain (Lawrence Edward Grace) Oates, Pericles, Marco Polo, Pompey, Walter Raleigh, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce, Saladin, Robert Falcon Scott, Sitting Bull, Socrates, Joseph Stalin, Tomás de Torquemada, Leon Trotsky, William Wallace, Warwick the Kingmaker, George Washington, Duke of Wellington, William the Conqueror, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Emiliano Zapata Historical events Agincourt, Alamo, American Civil War or (chiefly U.S.) the War between the States, Armistice, Battle of Hastings, Black Death, Bloody Sunday, Boer War, Boston Tea Party, Boxer Rebellion, Charge of the Light Brigade, Civil War, Cold War, Crimean War, Crusades, Cultural Revolution, D-day, Declaration of Independence, Depression, Diet of Worms, Easter Rising, French Revolution, General Strike, Gettysburg Address, Glorious Revolution, Gordon Riots, Great Fire of London, Great Schism, Great Trek, Gunpowder Plot, Hiroshima, Holocaust, Hundred Years War, Hungarian Uprising, Indian Mutiny, Industrial Revolution, Jacobite Rebellion, Korean War, Kristallnacht or Crystal Night, Long March, Magna Carta, Munich Agreement, Night of the Long Knives, Napoleonic Wars, Norman Conquest, Pearl Harbor, Peasants' Revolt, Peterloo Massacre, Potato Famine, Reformation, Reign of Terror, Renaissance, Restoration, Risorgimento, Russian Revolution, Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, South Sea Bubble, Spanish Armada, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Inquisition, Suez Crisis, Thirty Years' War, Tiananmen Square Massacre, Trafalgar, Treaty of Versailles, Vietnam War, Wall Street Crash, Wars of the Roses, Watergate, Waterloo Translations history [ˈhɪstərɪ] N → historia f to go down in history → pasar a la historia (as como) to make history → hacer época, marcar un hito to know the inner history of an affair → conocer el secreto de un asunto he has a history of psychiatric disorder → tiene antecedentes de problemas psiquiátricos the highest salary in television history → el sueldo más alto de la historia de la televisión a piece of history → un trozo or fragmento de la historia that's ancient history → ésa es cosa vieja the rest is history → el resto ya lo sabéis, el resto ya es historia history [ˈhɪstəri] n (= past events) [country, town, person] → histoire f one of the most dramatic moments in Polish history → l'un des moments cruciaux de l'histoire polonaise throughout history → à travers l'histoire to make history → entrer dans l'histoire to go down in history → rester dans l'histoire He will go down in history for redrawing the political map of Britain → Il restera dans l'histoire pour avoir redessiner la carte politique britannique. to go down in history as sth → rester dans l'histoire comme qch He will go down in history as one of the principal architects of the peace process → Il restera dans l'histoire comme l'un des principaux architectes du processus de paix. that's history (= over and done with) → c'est de l'histoire ancienne you're history! → tu es fini ! and the rest is history → et tout le monde connaît la suite We met at college, and the rest is history → Nous nous sommes rencontrés au lycée et tout le monde connaît la suite. (= past record) to have a history of sth → avoir des antécédents de qch He has a history of drink problems → Il a des antécédents alcooliques. to have a family history of sth → avoir des antécédents familiaux de qch a family history of thrombosis → des antécédents familiaux de thrombose a family history of heart disease → des antécédents familiaux de maladies cardiaques to have a family history of sth → avoir des antécédents familiaux de qch a college with a tremendous sporting history → une école au palmarès sportif impressionnant medical history (= subject, study) → histoire f a professor of history, a history professor → un professeur d'histoire history n → Geschichte f; (= study of history) → Geschichte f, → Geschichtswissenschaft f; history will judge → die Geschichte wird ihr Urteil fällen; history has taught us that … → die Geschichte lehrt uns, dass …; the highest salary in television history → das höchste Gehalt in der Geschichte des Fernsehens; to make history → Geschichte machen; … and the rest is history → … und der Rest ist Geschichte; that’s all history now (fig) → das gehört jetzt alles der Vergangenheit an; he’s history → er ist schon lange vergessen or passé (inf) (= personal record) → Geschichte f; he has a history of violence → er hat eine Vorgeschichte als Gewalttäter; the family has a history of heart disease → Herzleiden liegen in der Familie; he has a history of heart disease → er hat schon lange ein Herzleiden (= background) → Vorgeschichte f; to know the history of an affair → den Hintergrund einer Affäre kennen history [ˈhɪst/ərɪ] n → storia a history book → un libro di storia to make history → fare storia to go down in history → passare alla storia there's a long history of that illness in his family → ci sono molti precedenti (della malattia) nella sua famiglia n history [ˈhistəri] 1 the study of events etc that happened in the past She is studying British history; (also adjective ) a history lesson/book. geskiedenis تاريخ история dějiny; dějepisný historie; historie- die Geschichte, Geschichts-... ιστορία historia ajalugu علم تاريخ historia (d')histoire הִיסטוֹריָה इतिहास povijest; povijesni történelem sejarah (mannkyns)saga, sagnfræði storia; di storia 歴史研究 역사 istorija vēsture; vēstures- sejarah geschiedenis historie historia história (de) istorie история dejiny; dejepisný zgodovina; zgodovinski istorija historia; historie- ประวัติศาสตร์ tarih 歷史學 історія ماضی کے اہم واقعات کا مطالعہ، تاریخ môn lịch sử 历史 2 a description usually in writing of past events, ways of life etc I'm writing a history of Scotland. geskiedenis وَصْف история historie historie die Geschichte ιστορία historia ajalugu تاريخ historiikki histoire הִיסטוֹריָה वृतांत्त pripovijest, povijest történet sejarah saga storia 歴史 역사책 istorija vēsture sejarah geschiedenis historie historia, dzieje história istorie история história, dejiny zgodovina istorija historia ประวัติศาสตร์ tarih, tarihçe 歷史 історія ماضی کے واقعات سے متعلق تحریری تفصیلات lịch sử 过去事情的记载 3 (the description of) the usually interesting events etc associated with (something) This desk/word has a very interesting history. geskiedenis تاريخ، أحْداث история historie historie die Vergangenheit ιστορία historia ajalugu تاريخچه menneisyys histoire הִיסטוֹריָה किसी चीज से जुड़ी रोचक घटनाएं anegdota történet riwayat saga storia 来歴 흥미 있는 사건 istorija vēsture; pagātne sejarah verhaal historie historia história poveste история história, minulosť zgodovina istorija historia ประวัติศาสตร์ tarihçe 來歷 історія کسی شے سے متعلق اہم تفصیلات quá trình lịch sử 来历 n hiˈstorian [-ˈstoː-] a person who studies (and writes about) history. geskiedskrywer, historikus مُؤَرِّخ историк historik, -čka historiker der/die Historiker(in) ιστορικός historiador ajaloolane تاريخ دان historioitsija historien/-ienne הִיסטוֹריוֹן इतिहासकार povjesnicar, historicar történész ahli sejarah sagnfræðingur storico 歴史家 역사가 istorikas vēsturnieks ahli sejarah historicus historiker historyk historiador istoric история historik, -čka zgodovinar istoričar historiker นักประวัติศาสตร์ tarihçi 歷史學家 історик ماہر تاریخ nhà sử học 历史学家 adj hiˈstoric [-ˈsto-] famous or important in history a historic battle. geskiedkundig تاريخي، مُهم جدا исторически historický historisk historisch ιστορικός histórico ajalooline تاريخی historiallinen historique הִיסטוֹרִי इतिहास- प्रसिद्ध povijesni történelmi bersejarah sögufrægur storico 歴史に残る 역사적인 istorinis vēsturiskas nozīmes bersejarah historisch historisk historyczny histórico istoric исторический historický, pamätihodný zgodovinski istorijski historisk ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นในประวัติศาสตร์ tarihî 歷史上有名(重要)的 історичний; такий, що має історичне значення تاریخی لحاظ سے اہم nổi tiếng trong lịch sử 历史上有名的 adj hiˈstorical [-ˈsto-] 1 of or about history; of or about people or events from history historical research; historical novels. geskiedkundig تاريخي، متعلِّق بالتاريخ исторически historický historisk historisch ιστορικός histórico ajaloo-, ajalooline تاريخی historiallinen historique הִיסטוֹרִי ऎतिहासिक povijesni történelmi, történeti tentang sejarah sögulegur storico 歴史に関する 역사에 관한 istorinis vēsturisks; vēstures- sejarah historisch historisk, historie- historyczny histórico istoric исторический historický, dejepisný zgodovinski istorijski historisk, historie- เกี่ยวข้องกับการศึกษาประวัติศาสตร์ tarihî (有關)歷史的 історичний; такий, що стосується історії تاریخ سے متعلق thuộc lịch sử 历史的 2 that actually happened or existed, not legendary or mythical Was Shakespeare's character Macbeth a historical person? geskiedkundig حقيقي من ناحية تاريخِيَّه исторически historický historisk historisch υπαρκτός histórico ajalooline مشهور historiallinen historique הִיסטוֹרִי ऐतिहासिक povijesni, stvaran történelmi sejarah sögulegur, sagnfræðilegur; sannur storico 実在した 역사상 실재한 istorinis vēsturisks sejarah historisch, waar gebeurd historisk historyczny histórico istoric исторический historický zgodovinski istorijski historisk เกี่ยวข้องกับการศึกษาประวัติศาสตร์ gerçekten yaşamış 歷史上的 історичний ماضی کا حقیقی کردار یا واقعہ có thật trong lịch sử 历史上的 adv hiˈstorically [-ˈsto-] geskiedkundig تاريخيّا историческо historicky historiskt historisch ιστορικά históricamente ajalooliselt بطور تاريخی historiallisesti historiquement מִבּחִינָה הִיסטוֹרִית ऐतिहासिकता povijesno történelmileg menurut sejarah sögulega storicamente 歴史的に 역사적으로 istoriškai vēsturiski dr segi sejarah historisch historisk historycznie historicamente istoric исторически historicky zgodovinsko istorijski historiskt กี่ยวข้องกับการศึกษาประวัติศาสตร์ tarihî olarak 歷史上 історично تاریخی طور پر về phương diện lịch sử 在历史上 make history to do something very important, especially to be the first to do something The Wright brothers made history when they were the first to fly an aeroplane. geskiedenis maak يقوم بعَمَل يُسَجِّله التاريخ правя история vstoupit do dějin gå over i historien Geschichte machen περνώ στην ιστορία, γράφω ιστορία hacer historia, pasar a la historia ajalugu tegema كار تاريخی انجام دادن tehdä historiaa entrer dans l'histoire לַעֲשוֹת הִיסטוֹריָה इतिहास बनाना uci u povijest történelmet csinál membuat sejarah verða skráð á spjöld sögunnar fare storia, passare alla storia 歴史を作る 역사에 남을 만한 일을 하다 įeiti į istoriją veidot vēsturi melakar sejarah een daad van historisch belang verrichten; geschiedenis maken skape historie, være epokegjørende przejść do historii entrar na história a intra în istorie войти в историю vstúpiť do dejín priti v zgodovino kreirati istoriju skriva historia บันทึกประวัติศาสตร์ tarih yazmak, çığır açmak 締造歷史 творити історію کوئی اہم کام کرنا، پہلی بار کسی چیز کو انجام دینا ghi vào lịch sử 做出永垂史册的事情 history → تاريخ historie historie Geschichte ιστορία historia historia histoire povijest storia 歴史 역사 geschiedenis historie historia história история historia ประวัติศาสตร์ tarih lịch sử 历史 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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