Définition de « history » en Anglais

noun

1. The aggregate of past events.

   • History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
   • He dreams of an invention that will make history.

2. The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.

   • He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.

3. The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).

   • in all of human history and prehistory
   • in all recorded history

4. (countable) A set of events involving an entity.

   • a long and sordid history
   • What is your medical history?
   • The family's history includes events best forgotten.

5. (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.

   • I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.
   • a short history of post-Columbian colonization
   • Thucydides wrote a history of the Peleponnesian War that uses different sources than Herodotus' work.

6. (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

   • A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
   • He has a history of cancer in his family.
   • This diagnosis is usually based solely on the history and physical examination, although laboratory tests are occasionally also obtained.

7. (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

   • I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.

8. (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.

   • I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.

9. (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction.

   • There is too much history between them for them to split up now.
   • He has had a lot of history with the police.

10. (uncountable) A historically significant event.

    • You are witnessing history!

verb

1. (obsolete) To narrate or record.