Complete Definition of "history"

wikipedia|dab=history (disambiguation)|history
English

rank|u|gold|letters|588|history|master|latter|fellow

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈhɪstəri/
SAMPA|/"hIst@ri/
AHD|/hĭstōrē/
audio|en-us-history.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: hist·o·ry

Etymology
From L. term|historia < AGr. term|scpolytonic|ἱστορία|trhistoria||learning through research, narration of what is learned < term|scpolytonic|ἱστορέω|trhistoreō||to learn through research, to inquire < term|scpolytonic|ἵστωρ|trhistōr||the one who knows, the expert, the judge, from *term|sc=polytonic||ϝίδτωρ, from IE. *term||wid-|know, knowledge.

Noun
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en-noun|histories

  1. The aggregate of past events.

#: History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
#: Holes in your pant pockets turn your coins into history.

  1. The branch of knowledge that study|studies the past; the assessment of notable events.

#: He teaches history at the university.
#: History will not look kindly on these tyrants.
#: He dreams of an invention that will make history.

  1. A record or narrative description of past events.
  2. medicine The list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

#: A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
#: He has a history of cancer in his family.

  1. computing A record of previous user events.

#: I visted a great site yesterday but forgot the URL; oh! ... luckily I didn't clear my history.

Synonyms
sense|aggregate of past events past
sense|record or narrative description of past events account, chronicle, story, tale
sense|medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions medical history
sense|computing: record of previous user events log

Translations

trans-top|aggregate of past events
Arabic: t-|ar|تاریخ|m|trtaríkh|scARchar
Armenian: ÕºÕ¡Õ¿Õ´Õ¡Õ£Õ«Õ¿Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶ (patmagitutyun)
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f, t-|bs|istorija|f, t-|bs|povijest|f
Catalan: història f
Chinese:

Pinyin: lìshǐ
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Danish: t-|da|historie|c
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f
Greek: t+|el|ιστορία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|היסטוריה|história f
Hindi: इतिहास (itihās) m, तारीख़ (tārī<u>kh</u>) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|történelem
Icelandic: t+|is|saga|f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|歴史|trrekishi, t|ja|scJpan|沿革|trenkaku
Korean: t+|ko|역사|tryeoksa|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|مێژوو
Latvian: vēsture f
Maltese: storja f
Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Old Prussian: istōrija
Persian: t+|fa|تاریخ|trtârikh|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|histórico|m
Russian: t+|ru|история|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t+|sr|историја|f|scCyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f, t|sr|повест|f|scCyrl, t|sr|povest|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f, t+|sl|preteklost|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|చరిత్ర|scTelu (caritra), t|te|చరితం|scTelu (caritaM), t|te|చరిత|sc=Telu (carita)
Urdu: URchar|اتہاس (itihās) m, URchar|تاریخ (tārī<u>kh</u>) f
Vietnamese: lịch sử (歷史)
Welsh: hanes
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trans-top|branch of knowledge that studies the past
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Catalan: història f
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Danish: t-|da|historie|c
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t|de|Geschichtswissenschaft|f
Greek: t+|el|ιστορία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|היסטוריה|história f
Icelandic: sagnfræði f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|歴史|trrekishi
Korean: t-|ko|사학|trsahak|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|مێژوو
Maltese: storja
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|história|f
Russian: t+|ru|история|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t|sr||историја|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f, t+|sl|zgodovinopisje|n
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|చరిత్ర|sc=Telu (caritra)
Vietnamese: lịch sử
Welsh: astudiaeth
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trans-top|record or narrative description of past events
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Catalan: història f
Chinese:

Pinyin: lìshǐ
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Czech: t-|cs|dějiny|f|p
Danish: historie c, beretning c
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f, t|de|Erzählung|f
Greek: t+|el|ιστορία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|היסטוריה|história f
Icelandic: t+|is|saga|f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|履歴|trrireki, t|ja|scJpan|経歴|trkēreki, t|ja|scJpan|経過|trkēka
Korean: t+|ko|역사|tryeoksa|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|مێژوو
Latvian: vēsture
Maltese: storja, arkivji
Nepali: इतिहास (itihaas)
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Persian: t+|fa|تاریخ|trtârikh|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: documentário m
Russian: t+|ru|история|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t+|sr|историја|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|berättelse|c, t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|చరితం|scTelu (caritaM), t|te|చరిత|scTelu (carita)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|lịch sử|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: hanes
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trans-top|medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Catalan: historial m
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest bolesti|f, t-|hr|anamneza|f
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|historique|m
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f
Greek: t+|el|ιστορικό|n|tristoriko|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|היסטוריה|história f
Italian: t-|it|precedenti|m|p
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|病歴|trbyōreki, t|ja|scJpan|既往歴|trkiōreki, t|ja|scJpan|診療録|trshinryōroku, t|ja|scJpan|カルテ|trkarute
Korean: ë³‘ë ¥ (ç—…æ­·, byeongyeok)
Novial: historie
Polish: historia choroba|choroby f
Portuguese: histórico médico m
Russian: история (istórija) f, история болезни (istórija bolézni) f
Serbian: t+|sr|историја|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: zgodovina (bolezni) f
Spanish: t|es|antecedentes|m|p
Swedish: historik c, historia c
Vietnamese: lịch sử
Welsh: hanes (meddygol)
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trans-top|computing: record of previous user events
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|historique|m
German: t|de|Verlauf|m
Greek: ιστορικό (istoriko) n
Hebrew: he-translation|היסטוריה|história f
Interlingua: historia
trans-mid
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|履歴|trrireki
Novial: historie
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|histórico|m
Russian: t+|ru|история|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Serbian: t+|sr|историја|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: historik c, logg c
Vietnamese: lịch sử
Welsh: hanes (cyfrifiadurol)
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ttbc|Afrikaans: geskie-?
ttbc|Bambara: tarik
ttbc|Bulgarian: история (istórija) f
ttbc|Esperanto: historio
ttbc|Fulfulde: tariku
ttbc|Galician: historia
ttbc|Hungarian: történelem
ttbc|Ido: historio
ttbc|Kyrgyz: тарых (tarykh)
ttbc|Latin: historia f
ttbc|Lithuanian: istorija f
ttbc|Luxembourgish: historique
ttbc|Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|تاریخ (târikh)
ttbc|Romanian: istorie f
ttbc|Slovak: dejiny f pl (1), dejepis m (2), história f (3, 4)
ttbc|Ukrainian: історія (istórija) f
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Derived terms
historian
historic
historical
historically
local history
prehistory
prehistorian
prehistorical

Related terms
herstory

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