history
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/]
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Senses
1. history (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
Example: The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
Concept: История
2. history (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
Example: He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.
3. history (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.
Example: Near-synonym: ages
4. history (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To narrate or record.
Example: And therefore will hee wipe his Tables cleane,
And keepe no Tell-tale to his Memorie,
That may repeat, and Historie his losse
Structure of the word
Roots:- weyd (Proto-Indo-European)
Connections
Polarities
Future ↔ Past — concept «История»
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