history

  • 41History —    Genuine history as inherited from ancient Greek and Roman historians (e.g., of the sort written by Thucydides) declined after Prokopios of Caesarea (q.v.), to be replaced largely by the chronicle (q.v.). Nevertheless, the influence of… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 42History — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. History Channel, une chaîne de télévision sur l histoire HIStory un album anthologie Michael Jackson history (Unix), un utilitaire en ligne de commande… …

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  • 43history — noun /ˈhɪstəri,ˈhɪstri/ a) The aggregate of past events. History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes. b) The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events. Holes in your pant pockets turn your coins… …

    Wiktionary

  • 44history — noun (plural histories) 1》 the study of past events. 2》 the past considered as a whole.     ↘the whole series of past events connected with someone or something.     ↘an eventful past. 3》 a continuous, typically chronological, record of past… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45history — noun 1) my interest in history Syn: the past, former times, historical events, the olden days, the old days, bygone days, long ago, yesterday, antiquity; literary days of yore, yesteryear 2) a history of the Boxer Rebellion Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 46history — noun 1) my interest in history Syn: the past, former times, the olden days, yesterday, antiquity 2) a history of the Civil War Syn: chronicle, archive, record, report, narrative, ac …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 47history — his•to•ry [[t]ˈhɪs tə ri, ˈhɪs tri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) why the branch of knowledge dealing with past events 2) why a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usu. written… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48history — [15] Etymologically, history denotes simply ‘knowledge’; its much more specific modern meaning is decidedly a secondary development. Its story begins with Greek hístōr ‘learned man’, a descendant of Indo European *wid ‘know, see’, which also… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49history — see history repeats itself happy is the country which has no history …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 50history — [15] Etymologically, history denotes simply ‘knowledge’; its much more specific modern meaning is decidedly a secondary development. Its story begins with Greek hístōr ‘learned man’, a descendant of Indo European *wid ‘know, see’, which also… …

    Word origins