what does history mean?
HISTORY as NOUN
- Meaning
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
Usage Example(s)
- he teaches Medieval history
- history takes the long view
Hypernyms(s) history is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing
- a body of knowledge
Usage Example(s)
- the dawn of recorded history
- from the beginning of history
Hypernyms(s) history is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a record or narrative description of past events
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- a history of France
- he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- the story of exposure to lead
Hypernyms(s) history is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- the aggregate of past events
Usage Example(s)
- a critical time in the school’’s history
Hypernyms(s) history is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
Usage Example(s)
Hypernyms(s) history is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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