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history

noun

the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school''s history"
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
Synonyms: account, chronicle, story
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"