History — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the aggregate of past events

a record or narrative description of past events

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɪstɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛɹɐldˌɛs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛɹɐldˌɛs/

3 syllables Say it as /hˈɪstɚɹi/.

Examples

a critical time in the school's history
a history of France
he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

account story chronicle

Parts of Speech

noun	the aggregate of past events “a critical time in the school's history”
noun	a record or narrative description of past events “a history of France”
noun	the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings “he teaches Medieval history”
noun	the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future “all of human history”
noun	all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge “the dawn of recorded history”

Word Forms

historic	adjective	belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
chronicle	verb	record in chronological order; make a historical record
historical	adjective	of or relating to the study of history

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Geschichte

die Summe vergangener Ereignisse

🇫🇷French

histoire

l'ensemble des événements passés

🇪🇸Spanish

historia

el conjunto de eventos pasados

🇮🇹Italian

storia

l’insieme degli eventi passati

🇳🇱Dutch

geschiedenis

het geheel van gebeurtenissen uit het verleden

🇵🇹Portuguese

história

o conjunto de eventos passados

🇷🇺Russian

история

совокупность прошлых событий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

इतिहास

पिछली घटनाओं का समुच्चय

🇧🇩Bengali

ইতিহাস

অতীত ঘটনার সমষ্টি

🇮🇳Tamil

வரலாறு

கடந்த கால நிகழ்வுகளின் தொகுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

చరిత్ర

గత సంఘటనల మొత్తం

🇮🇳Marathi

इतिहास

भूतकाळातील घटनांचे एकूण

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઇતિહાસ

ભૂતકાળની ઘટનાઓનો એકંદર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಇತಿಹಾಸ

ಹಿಂದಿನ ಘಟನೆಗಳ ಒಟ್ಟು ಮೊತ್ತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചരിത്രം

കഴിഞ്ഞ സംഭവങ്ങളുടെ ആകെത്തുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇਤਿਹਾਸ

ਪਿਛਲੀਆਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ

🇵🇰Urdu

تاریخ

ماضی کے واقعات کا مجموعہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

历史

过去事件的总和

🇯🇵Japanese

歴史

過去のイベントの集合体

🇰🇷Korean

역사

지난 사건의 총체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lịch sử

tổng hợp các sự kiện trong quá khứ

🇹🇭Thai

ประวัติศาสตร์

รวมเหตุการณ์ที่ผ่านมา

🇮🇩Indonesian

sejarah

kumpulan peristiwa masa lalu

🇵🇭Filipino

kasaysayan

ang pinagsama-samang mga nakaraang kaganapan

🇲🇾Malay

sejarah

agregat peristiwa masa lalu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تاريخ

مجموع الأحداث الماضية

🇮🇷Persian

تاریخچه

مجموعه رویدادهای گذشته

🇹🇷Turkish

tarih

geçmiş olayların toplamı

🇮🇱Hebrew

הִיסטוֹרִיָה

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