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Definitions of history
  1. noun
    a record or narrative description of past events
    "a history of France"

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  2. noun
    all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
    "the dawn of recorded history" "from the beginning of history"
  3. noun
    the aggregate of past events
    "a critical time in the school's history"
  4. noun
    the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
    "all of human history"
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  5. noun
    the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
    "he teaches Medieval history" "history takes the long view"
Definition that contains history
  • age an era of history having some distinctive feature
  • gates United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
  • chapter any distinct period in history or in a person's life
  • myth a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
  • judges a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges
  • turner United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
  • historical of or relating to the study of history
  • franklin United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
  • constitution a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
  • resume a summary of your academic and work history
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