Definitions for history

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history his·to·ry

Spelling: [his-tuh-ree, his-tree]

IPA: /ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri/

History is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in history (hiorsty).

Definitions for history

noun

1. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
2. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle:
3. the aggregate of past events.
4. the record of past events and times, especially in connection with the human race.
5. a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events:
6. acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings:
7. a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time:
8. a drama representing historical events:

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 wit

Examples for history

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.

Certain features of its history suggest why this may be the case.

There, for the first time in history, man had ceased to be a roving animal.

The history of Man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food.

history tells us of glorious friendships in the ancient world.

This is a record and result that no careful student of our history will, I take it, deny.

Our present financial condition is without a parallel in history.

Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.