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history
What does history mean?
history (noun): the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use history in a sentence?
- If the mistakes of history rhyme, it's because we didn't learn from them. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where does history come from?
From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to history
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “history” mean?
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
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the aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
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