(histories)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You can refer to the events of the past as ~. You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its ~.
The Catholic Church has played a prominent role throughout Polish ~.
...the most evil mass killer in ~.
...the ~ of Birmingham.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
•
Someone who makes ~ does something that is considered to be important and significant in the development of the world or of a particular society.
Willy Brandt made ~ by visiting East Germany in 1970.
PHRASE: V inflects
•
If someone or something goes down in ~, people in the future remember them because of particular actions that they have done or because of particular events that have happened.
Bradley will go down in ~ as Los Angeles’ longest serving mayor.
PHRASE: V inflects
2.
History is a subject studied in schools, colleges, and universities that deals with events that have happened in the past.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
A ~ is an account of events that have happened in the past.
...his magnificent ~ of broadcasting in Canada.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n
4.
If a person or a place has a ~ of something, it has been very common or has happened frequently in their past.
He had a ~ of drink problems...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu a N of n/-ing
5.
Someone’s ~ is the set of facts that are known about their past.
He couldn’t get a new job because of his medical ~.
N-COUNT: with poss
6.
If you say that an event, thing, or person is ~, you mean that they are no longer important.
The Charlottetown agreement is ~.
N-UNCOUNT
7.
If you are telling someone about an event and say the rest is ~, you mean that you do not need to tell them what happened next because everyone knows about it already.
We met at college, the rest is ~.
PHRASE
8.
see also natural ~