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history
has definitions from the field of history
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[ noun ] (history) the aggregate of past events
Examples : "a critical time in the school's history" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)But there surely can be no_doubt about the slender southpaw belonging with the all_time great lefthanders in the game 's history . Ed_Delahanty and Chuck_Klein of the Phillies , the Braves ' Joe_Adcock , Lou_Gehrig of the Yankees , Pat_Seerey of the White_Sox and Rocky_Colavito , then with Cleveland , made their history on_the_road . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Larry_Scherer last night pitched a no-hit_game , said to be the first in Billiken baseball history , as the Blue_and_White beat Southeast_Missouri_State_College , 5 - 1 , at Crystal_City . ("Editorials"...)The removal of Stalin 's body from the mausoleum he shared with Lenin to less distinguished quarters in the Kremlin wall is not unprecedented in history . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The concept of unity , in which positive and negative are attributes of the same force , in which good and evil are relative , ever-changing , and always joined to the same phenomenon - such a concept is still reserved to the physical_sciences and to the few who have grasped the history of ideas . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a record or narrative description of past events
Examples : "a history of France" "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president" "the story of exposure to lead" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)Because Christianity teaches not_only salvation in history , but salvation by the history of Christ , such an interpretation of death would require a drastic revision of the Christian understanding of the work of Christ . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Even the `` history of furniture '' can hardly be taught exclusively from photographs and lantern_slides . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)From all this we can now see that two streams of development run through the history of twentieth century American folklore . The outlook for the amateur , for_instance , is usually dependent_on his fondness for local history or for the picturesque . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)The two major newspapers in Providence continued , throughout the crisis , to accuse each other of misrepresenting the facts and attempting to falsify history . Related terms record biography case_history recital annals ancient_history historical_document etymology |
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[ noun ] (history) the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
Examples : "he teaches Medieval history" "history takes the long view" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)His earlier love for literature and history remained with him for his entire life . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)He not_only knew soldiering , but mathematics , history and literature as_well . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)I was having lunch not_long ago ( apologies to N._V._Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle_Ages , one in American history , and one in the Far_East ) , and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed , majestic instancy '' ( Francis_Thompson 's words for the Hound_of_Heaven 's pursuit ) by judicial fiat . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)His own testimony is that he has read very little in the history of the South , implying that what he knows of that history has come to him orally and that he knows the world around him primarily from his own unassisted observation . His own testimony is that he has read very little in the history of the South , implying that what he knows of that history has come to him orally and that he knows the world around him primarily from his own unassisted observation . Related terms humanistic_discipline historian Saracen Saracen boston_tea_party |
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[ noun ] (history) the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
Examples : "all of human history" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)As Origen interprets the end of history on the basis of its beginning , so Irenaeus portrays the story of Adam on the basis of the story of Christ . They speak of the work of Christ as the bestowal of incorruptibility , which can mean ( though it does not have to mean ) deliverance from time and history . Such an interpretation of death radically alters the Christian view of creation ; for it teaches salvation from , not salvation in , time and history . Because Christianity teaches not_only salvation in history , but salvation by the history of Christ , such an interpretation of death would require a drastic revision of the Christian understanding of the work of Christ . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (history) all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
Examples : "the dawn of recorded history" "from the beginning of history" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Its folklore and legend , usually disguised as history , are allowed to account_for group_actions , to provide a focal_point for group loyalty , and to become a cohesive force for national identification . It is an understandable paradox that most American history and most American literature is today written from an essentially egocentric and isolationistic point_of_view at the very time America is spreading her dominion over palm and pine . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Resolved that , while we most decidedly disapprove the methods he adopted to accomplish his objects , yet in his willingness to die in aid of the great cause of human freedom , we still recognize the qualities of a noble nature and the exercise of a spirit which true men have always admired and which history never fails to honor . Related terms |
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