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/ˈhist(ə)rē/
noun
  1. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
    "medieval European history"
    synonyms: the past, former times, historical events, days of old, the old days, the good old days, time gone by, bygone days, the before times, yesterday, antiquity, days of yore, the olden days, yesteryear, the eld
  2. the whole series of past events connected with someone or something.
    "the history of Aegean painting"
  3. a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution.
    "a history of the labor movement"
    synonyms: chronicle, archive, record, report, narrative, story, account, study, tale, saga, memoir, biography, autobiography, public records, annals
  4. a record kept by a web browser of the web pages and other files it has been used to access.
    "when you see advertisements on the site, they are in relation to what you're searching for, not your history"

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