history
noun (PAST EVENTS) /ˈhɪs.tər.i/
/-t̬ɚ-/ Definition
A2 [C or U] (the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, or subject: I studied modern European history at college. American history Annie's decided to write a history of electronic music. I only asked him for a cigarette, but two hours later he'd told me his whole life history.History - general wordsSubjects and disciplines › [U] informal something that happened or ended a long time ago and is not important now, or a person who is not important now, although they were in the past: Last year's report is ancient history and totally irrelevant to the current situation. "What about Dan - are you still seeing him?" "Oh, he's history."In the past
(Definition of history noun (PAST EVENTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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