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history

[ his-tuh-ree, his-tree ]
/ ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri /
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noun, plural his·to·ries.

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RELATED WORDS

past, story, account, tale, record, annals, relation, biography, yesteryear, yesterday, antiquity, autobiography, recapitulation, saga, journal, narrative, recital, version, diary, narration

Nearby words

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

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 )

Related forms

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

Synonym study

2. See narrative.
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British Dictionary definitions for history

history

/ (ˈhɪstərɪ, ˈhɪstrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

Abbreviation (for senses 1–3): hist

Word Origin for history

C15: from Latin historia, from Greek: enquiry, from historein to narrate, from histōr judge
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with history

history

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

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