history
The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
Noun 4 meanings
The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
“The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.”
The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
“He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.”
The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.
“Near-synonym: ages”
A set of events involving an entity.
“a long and sordid history”
Etymology
From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
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HISTORY at a glance
HISTORY has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #373 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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