history : Idioms & Phrases


ancient history

  • noun a history of the ancient world
  • noun knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
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art history

  • noun the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture
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case history

  • noun detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment
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department of history

  • noun the academic department responsible for teaching history
    department of history.
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family history

  • noun part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
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history department

  • noun the academic department responsible for teaching history
    department of history.
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history lesson

  • noun a lesson in the facts of history
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History piece

  • a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action.
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Landmarks of history

  • important events by which eras or conditions are determined.
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life history

  • noun an account of the series of events making up a person's life
    life; life story; biography.
  • noun the general progression of your working or professional life
    career.
    • the general had had a distinguished career
    • he had a long career in the law
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medical history

  • noun the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient
    medical record; anamnesis.
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Myth history

  • history made of, or mixed with, myths.
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Natural history

  • noun the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
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  • in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of botany, zoölogy, geology, mineralogy, paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zoölogy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone.
  • a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.
Webster 1913