Collins English-English Dictionary

history ['hɪstərɪ]

1. 1. n a narrative relating the events of a character's life hist

   the history of Joseph Andrews

2. 2. n

3. 3. n a record or account, often chronological in approach, of past events, developments, etc

4. 4. n (as modifier)

   a history book

   a history play

5. 5. n all that is preserved or remembered of the past, esp in written form

6. 6. n the discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings

7. 7. n past events, esp when considered as an aggregate

8. 8. n an event in the past, esp one that has been forgotten or reduced in importance

   their quarrel was just history

9. 9. n the past, background, previous experiences, etc, of a thing or person

   the house had a strange history

10. 10. n [computing] a stored list of the websites that a user has recently visited

11. 11. n a play that depicts or is based on historical events

12. 12. n [Etymology] C15: from Latin historia, from Greek: enquiry, from historein to narrate, from histor judge