history

/ˈhɪst(ə)ɹi/noun

Everything that happened in the past, considered as a whole.

Example sentences

“She loves reading about the history of ancient Egypt.”
“History teaches us that great empires rarely last forever.”

The phrase 'ancient history' is used informally for anything long over, especially old arguments or relationships.

Synonyms for history

the past

Often confused with history

history vs story

Related words

literatureWritten works as a whole, especially those valued for their artistic quality.geographyThe subject that studies the earth's surface, its features, and how people interact with them.physicsThe science that studies matter, energy, space, and time, and how they interact.chemistryThe science that studies what substances are made of and how they change when their molecules are rearranged.biologyThe science that examines living things and how they function.geometryThe area of mathematics concerned with shapes, sizes, and the relationships between points, lines, and surfaces.