history : Idioms & Phrases

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

noun the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture

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

noun the academic department responsible for teaching history
department of 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

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

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

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

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

noun the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

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.