1.  history(n = noun.time) - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
is a kind of past, past times, yesteryear
has parts: antiquity, age, historic period, dark ages, middle ages, renaissance, renascence
Derived form adjective historic₁

2.  history(n = noun.communication) account, chronicle, story - 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"
is a kind of record
has particulars: ancient history, etymology, case history, historical document, historical paper, historical record, annals, chronological record, biography, life, life history, life story, recital
Derived form adjective historic₂

3.  history(n = noun.cognition) - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
is a kind of arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts
Derived forms adjective historic₂, adjective historical₁

4.  history(n = noun.time) - the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
is a kind of continuum

5.  history(n = noun.cognition) - 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"
is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
Derived form adjective historic₁

1.  A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. [1913 Webster]

2.  A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. [1913 Webster]
"Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul." [1913 Webster]
"For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history." [1913 Webster]
"What histories of toil could I declare!" [1913 Webster]
"Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise." [1913 Webster]
"No more yet of this;
For 't is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast." [1913 Webster]
"Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion." [1913 Webster]

   To narrate or record. Shak. [1913 Webster]

history, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a continuous, usu. chronological, record of important or public events.
2 a the study of past events, esp. human affairs. b the total accumulation of past events, esp. relating to human affairs or to the accumulation of developments connected with a particular nation, person, thing, etc. (our island history; the history of astronomy).
3 an eventful past (this house has a history).
4 a a systematic or critical account of or research into a past event or events etc. b a similar record or account of natural phenomena.
5 a historical play.

Idiom:
make history
1 influence the course of history.
2 do something memorable.

Etymology:
ME f. L historia f. Gk historia finding out, narrative, history f. histor learned, wise man, rel. to WIT(2)

N  description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi, description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.

N  record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.

ancient history, art history, case history, department of history, family history, history department, history lesson, life history, medical history, natural history