History

Definition

history /'hÇstri/ n ၁။ [U] သမိုင္း။ ရာဇဝင္။ a student of Russian history ❍ ancient / medieval/ modern history ❍ take a history exam. Compare NATURAL HISTORY ၂။ [U] သမိုင္း။ a people with no sense of history ❍ The area was inhabited long before the down of recorded history (ie before people wrote about events). ❍ These events changed the course of history. ၃။ [C] သမိုင္း။ the official history of the Second World War ❍ writing a new history of Europe ❍ Shakespeare's history plays. ၄။ [C usu sing ] သမိုင္း။ အတိတ္။ မွတ္တမ္း။ This house has had a long and eventful history. ❍ know one's family history ❍ sb's medical history ❍ There is a history of heart disease in my family. ❍ He has a history of violent crime. See also LIFE HISTORY ၅။ [U] ( infml ) အတိတ္။ ရာဇဝင္။ They had an affair once, but that's ancient/ past history now. ❏ make/ go down in history [ IDM ] သမိုင္းတြင္ေစသည္။ ရာဇဝင္တြင္ေစသည္။ a discovery that made medical history.

Examples

1. [in recorded history] : These temperatures are the highest in recorded history.
2. [throughout history] : Attitudes to gender roles have changed throughout history.
3. [recent history] : No other band in recent history has sold as many concert tickets.
4. I’m writing a book on this area’s history.
5. The University has a distinguished history.
6. The history of Spain
7. World/Western history
8. [a chequered history] : An unusual building with a chequered history
9. I feel like a part of my history has been taken away.
10. [medical history] : It’s important to consider a child’s medical history.
11. The history of economic thought
12. Literary/archaeological history
13. [a landmark in the history of something] : This book was a landmark in the history of English fiction.
14. He teaches history at the local school.
15. History books
16. [history of] : A history of the Romans
17. The book provides a comprehensive history of the Second World War.
18. For the first time in its 70-year history the club has admitted women members.
19. [trace something’s history] : The village can trace its history back to 1078.