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history
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HISTORY
1
an account of important events in the order in which they happened <a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s>
Related Words blog, commentary, diary, journal, memoir, reminiscence(s); autobiography, biography, life; epic, legend, narrative, saga, story, tale; archives, documentation, log, register, report; chronology, genealogy
2
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened <we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail>
Synonyms chronicle, chronology, commentary (usually commentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report, story
Related Words version; deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness; annals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir; minutes, procès-verbal; anecdote, tale, yarn; epic, saga; gest (or geste), romance; recital, recitation; case history, case study
3
the events or experience of former times <history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen>
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