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Noun history has 5 senses

history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
--₁ is a kind of past, past times, yesteryear, yore
--₁ has parts:
antiquity; historic period, age; Middle Ages, Dark Ages; Renaissance
history - the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
--₂ is a kind of continuum
history, 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"
--₃ is a kind of record
--₃ has particulars:
ancient history; etymology; case history; historical document, historical paper, historical record; annals, chronological record; biography, life, life story, life history; recital
history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
--₄ is a kind of humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
history - 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"
--₅ is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis