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1
an account of important events in the order in which they happened
- a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s
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2
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened
- we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail
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- account,
- chronicle,
- chronology,
- commentary
- (usually commentaries),
- narration,
- narrative,
- record,
- report,
- story
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3
the events or experience of former times
- history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen
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“History.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/history. Accessed 18 Jun. 2021.
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