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history

Definition for history

noun as in past events, experiences

noun as in chronicle of events

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Example Sentences

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of history.

I started reading a lot of Roman history.

More baby boomers reached 60 with “a relatively intact dentition at that age than any generation in history,” the CDC says.

Chen’s findings were heavily based on a government study with a checkered research history.

In George Orwell’s classic depiction of an authoritarian society, “Nineteen Eighty-four,” a key component of political control is the state’s erasure of history: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten … every date has been altered. … After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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