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   His·to·ry

   /ˈhist(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs: "medieval European history" Similar the pastformer timeshistorical eventsdays of oldthe old daysthe good old daystime gone bybygone daysthe before timesyesterdayantiquityliterary:days of yorethe olden daysyesteryeararchaic:the eldOpposite the future
   • ▪ the past considered as a whole: "letters that have changed the course of history" Similar backgroundpastfamily backgroundlife storyantecedentsexperiencesadventuresfortunes
   • 2. the whole series of past events connected with someone or something: "the history of Aegean painting"
   • ▪ an eventful past: "the group has quite a history"
   • ▪ a past characterized by a particular thing: "his family had a history of insanity"
   • 3. a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution: "a history of the labor movement" Similar chroniclearchiverecordreportnarrativestoryaccountstudytalesagamemoirbiographyautobiographypublic recordsannals
   • ▪ a historical play: "Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies"
   • 4. a record kept by a web browser of the web pages and other files it has been used to access: "when you see advertisements on the site, they are in relation to what you're searching for, not your history"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also as a verb): via Latin from Greek historia ‘finding out, narrative, history’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit2.

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   What does history mean?

   • 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.

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   What is the difference between history and the past?

   • The past refers to an earlier time, the people and societies who inhabited it and the events that took place there. History describes our attempts to research, study and explain the past. This is a subtle difference but an important one. What happened in the past is fixed in time and cannot be changed. In contrast, history changes regularly.

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   What is human history?

   • Human history is the memory of the past experience of Homo sapiens sapiens around the world, as that experience has been preserved, largely in written records. By "prehistory", historians mean the recovery of knowledge of the past in an area where no written records exist, or where the writing of a culture is not understood.

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   What does História mean?

   • história, história [feminine], histórico [masculine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HISTORY definition: 1. (the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular….

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   Sep 23, 2020 · History is the study of the past, particularly people and events of the past. It is a pursuit common to all human societies and cultures. Human beings have always been interested in understanding and interpreting the past, for many reasons.

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   History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. [6] [7] Historians debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects.

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   History is the study of the chronological record of events, usually based on critical examination of source materials. Britannica covers various aspects of history, such as world history, intellectual history, social history, and more.

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   noun. , plural his·to·ries. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle: a history of France; a medical history of the patient. Synonyms: annals, record.

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