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What (who) is history - definition

PAST EVENTS AND THEIR TRACKS OR RECORDS
HisTory; HiStory; Historic; Hist.; Historically; Historical narrative; Histrory; Hisory; Historical change; Traditional History; History (etymology); Historical events; Etymology of "history"; Non-historical; History books; History - BA; General history; Stage (period); Historical; Histroy; Hisotry; Bibliography of history; Hiſtory; Field of history; Geographical history; History book; Bias in school history textbooks; History teacher; Historical event; User:Furnishiaa; Historical studies; Historial; Subfields of social history; Historical inquiry; Academic study of history; Past events; Past event
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History         
·vt To narrate or record.
II. History ·noun A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
III. History ·noun A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance;
- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.
history         
¦ 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 events or trends.
Phrases
be history informal be defunct, finished, or dead.
the rest is history the events succeeding those already related are so well known that they need not be recounted again.
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk historia 'narrative, history', from histor 'learned, wise man'.
history         
(histories)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You can refer to the events of the past as history. You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its history.
The Catholic Church has played a prominent role throughout Polish history.
...the most evil mass killer in history.
...the history of Birmingham.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
Someone who makes history does something that is considered to be important and significant in the development of the world or of a particular society.
Willy Brandt made history by visiting East Germany in 1970.
PHRASE: V inflects
If someone or something goes down in history, people in the future remember them because of particular actions that they have done or because of particular events that have happened.
Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles' longest serving mayor.
PHRASE: V inflects
2.
History is a subject studied in schools, colleges, and universities that deals with events that have happened in the past.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
A history is an account of events that have happened in the past.
...his magnificent history of broadcasting in Canada.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n
4.
If a person or a place has a history of something, it has been very common or has happened frequently in their past.
He had a history of drink problems...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu a N of n/-ing
5.
Someone's history is the set of facts that are known about their past.
He couldn't get a new job because of his medical history.
N-COUNT: with poss
6.
If you say that an event, thing, or person is history, you mean that they are no longer important.
The Charlottetown agreement is history.
N-UNCOUNT
7.
If you are telling someone about an event and say the rest is history, you mean that you do not need to tell them what happened next because everyone knows about it already.
We met at college, the rest is history.
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Wikipedia

History

History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of human activity. The time period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries.

History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the present.

Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the tales surrounding King Arthur), are usually classified as cultural heritage or legends. History differs from myth in that it is supported by verifiable evidence. However, ancient cultural influences have helped spawn variant interpretations of the nature of history which have evolved over the centuries and continue to change today. The modern study of history is wide-ranging, and includes the study of specific regions and the study of certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation. History is often taught as a part of primary and secondary education, and the academic study of history is a major discipline in university studies.

Herodotus, a 5th-century BC Greek historian, is often considered the "father of history" (as he was one of the first historians) in the Western tradition, although he has also been criticized as the "father of lies". Along with his contemporary Thucydides, he helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies. Their works continue to be read today, and the gap between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern historical writing. In East Asia, a state chronicle, the Spring and Autumn Annals, was reputed to date from as early as 722 BC, although only 2nd-century BC texts have survived.

Examples of use of history
1. BASMAT‘s history is interlaced with Israel‘s history.
2. The biggest challenge facing the great teachers and communicators of history is not to teach history itself, nor even the lessons of history, but why history matters.
3. Both are history–making spouses of history–making presidential candidates.
4. "History–making events do change history," he said.
5. The Bolshevik Revolution has passed into history, but history continues.