What part of speech is history?

History can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. history is a noun, singular of histories.

Inflections

Noun

What does history mean?

Definitions

Verb

history - To narrate or record.

Noun

history - 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"
history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
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"
history - the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

Examples of history

#   Sentence  
1. noun A history of France.
2. noun He teaches Medieval history.
3. noun History takes the long view.
4. noun A critical time in the school's history.
5. noun The dawn of recorded history.
6. noun From the beginning of history.
7. noun All of human history.
8. noun Elena's motorcycle tour through the region around Chernobyl has revived interest in one of the most serious nuclear disasters in history.
9. noun Juan Cole (www.juancole.com) is a professor of modern Middle East history at the University of Michigan and author of "Sacred Space and Holy War" (I.B. Tauris, 2002).
10. noun Posada's crimes, on the other hand, must seem like ancient history, especially to a people who don't know their history.
11. noun The history of alcoholism and possibly other drug use is a key issue because it not only speaks to Bush's character as an addictive personality, but may tell us something about his erratic and alarming actions as president.
12. noun An editorial in the church-owned Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City earlier this year acknowledged that "the state's history, a conservative belief in free choice, and an unwillingness to stir up a hornet's nest in the national media have likely all contributed to the kid-glove approach lawmakers and law-enforcement officers have taken when dealing with polygamous communities."
13. noun In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.
14. noun And all of this is happening in a region, which only 30 years ago, was believed to be the next wealthy part of the world, and in a Moslem area, which developed, at some point in history, one of the most advanced cultures in the world.
15. noun Never in history, not even in the Nazi period, was there such total disregard of all of the above as we observe now.
Sentence  
noun
A history of France.
He teaches Medieval history.
History takes the long view.
A critical time in the school's history.
The dawn of recorded history.
From the beginning of history.
All of human history.
Elena's motorcycle tour through the region around Chernobyl has revived interest in one of the most serious nuclear disasters in history.
Juan Cole (www.juancole.com) is a professor of modern Middle East history at the University of Michigan and author of "Sacred Space and Holy War" (I.B. Tauris, 2002).
Posada's crimes, on the other hand, must seem like ancient history, especially to a people who don't know their history.
The history of alcoholism and possibly other drug use is a key issue because it not only speaks to Bush's character as an addictive personality, but may tell us something about his erratic and alarming actions as president.
An editorial in the church-owned Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City earlier this year acknowledged that "the state's history, a conservative belief in free choice, and an unwillingness to stir up a hornet's nest in the national media have likely all contributed to the kid-glove approach lawmakers and law-enforcement officers have taken when dealing with polygamous communities."
In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.
And all of this is happening in a region, which only 30 years ago, was believed to be the next wealthy part of the world, and in a Moslem area, which developed, at some point in history, one of the most advanced cultures in the world.
Never in history, not even in the Nazi period, was there such total disregard of all of the above as we observe now.

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