{
    "term": "history",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "all the events that happened in the past",
            "sensetop": "in historythroughout history",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The battle was a turning point in **human history**.",
                    "contextForm": "in history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the worst disasters in **recent history**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people throughout history have dreamt of a world without war.",
                    "contextForm": "throughout history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a people with no sense of history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area was inhabited long before the dawn of **recorded history** *(= before people wrote about events)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These events changed the **course of history**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was her attempt to **rewrite history** with herself in the role of heroine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At that time in history, women did just what they were expected to do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "History shows that New Zealand are almost unbeatable by British teams on their own turf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "History shows that high approval ratings are no guarantee of re-election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She created a piece of history by winning her fourth title."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The debate about the origins of the universe has been going on throughout recorded history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team grabbed a slice of history here today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The war has now faded into history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been conflicts such as this throughout history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a fascinating period of history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most extraordinary meeting in history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "things that happened in recent history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was one of the worst disasters in recent history."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "early", "recent"],
                "… of history": ["piece"],
                "verb + history": ["be steeped in", "go down in", "make"],
                "history + verb": [
                    "go back to something",
                    "go back…",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "history + noun": ["book"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during something’s history",
                    "in (something’s) history",
                    "history of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "change the course of history",
                    "a period of history",
                    "the lessons of history"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the past events connected with the development of a particular place, subject, etc.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the history of science/music/philosophy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is an expert in the history of the United States."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **local history** of the area is fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The museum **traces the history **of chocolate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city has a rich and colourful history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the official history of the Labour Party"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the early history of the trade union movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a building that is steeped in history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town's history goes back to Roman times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The history of this organization goes back many years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regiment traces its history back to 1803."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has suffered several invasions during its history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the best player in the sport's history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the history of the world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school traces its history back to 1865."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the history of Ireland/​democracy/​popular music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This discovery was a major turning point in the history of science."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "early", "recent"],
                "… of history": ["piece"],
                "verb + history": ["be steeped in", "go down in", "make"],
                "history + verb": [
                    "go back to something",
                    "go back…",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "history + noun": ["book"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during something’s history",
                    "in (something’s) history",
                    "history of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "change the course of history",
                    "a period of history",
                    "the lessons of history"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the study of past events, especially as a subject at school or university",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a history professor/teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a history lesson/textbook"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a degree in History"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cultural/social/economic/political history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**modern/ancient history**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's studying **art history**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She studies **history of art**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "early", "recent"],
                "… of history": ["piece"],
                "verb + history": ["be steeped in", "go down in", "make"],
                "history + verb": [
                    "go back to something",
                    "go back…",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "history + noun": ["book"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during something’s history",
                    "in (something’s) history",
                    "history of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "change the course of history",
                    "a period of history",
                    "the lessons of history"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a written or spoken account of real past events",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's writing a new history of Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **oral histories** of ordinary people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ours is the oldest written history in the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no true written history of the Pashtun in their own land."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "early", "recent"],
                "… of history": ["piece"],
                "verb + history": ["be steeped in", "go down in", "make"],
                "history + verb": [
                    "go back to something",
                    "go back…",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "history + noun": ["book"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during something’s history",
                    "in (something’s) history",
                    "history of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "change the course of history",
                    "a period of history",
                    "the lessons of history"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the set of facts that are known about somebody/something's past",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I know nothing about his personal history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group has quite a history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor will need some details of your **medical history**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a record of something happening frequently in the past life of a person, family or place",
            "sensetop": "a history of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He **has a history** of violent crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a **long history** of drug addiction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a history of heart disease in my family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a history of trying to interfere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area has a history of subsidence problems."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": [
                    "chequered/​checkered",
                    "colourful/​colorful",
                    "fascinating"
                ],
                "verb + history": ["have"],
                "preposition": ["history of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a record kept by a web browser of the web pages and other files it has been used to access",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Clearing your browser history prevents websites from following and tracking your actions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a relationship between two people, groups, companies, etc. that started in the past and continued for a period of time, especially one involving bad or complicated feelings",
            "sensetop": "history between A and B",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sure there's history between Anna Mae and me, like you said."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a historical play",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shakespeare's comedies, histories and tragedies"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be dead or no longer important",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Another mistake like that and you're history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We won't talk about that—that's history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's **past history** now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had an affair once, but that's past history now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the record of great achievements in history",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has earned her place in the history books."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that things often happen later in the same way as before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Years later family history repeated itself with Eve’s daughters."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be or do something so important that it will be recorded in history",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a discovery that made medical history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will go down in history as a wise adviser and a kind man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Neil Armstrong made history by being the first man to walk on the moon."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪstri/",
                "audio": "hi/history/history__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪstri/",
                "audio": "hi/history/history__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also as a verb): via Latin from Greek historia ‘finding out, narrative, history’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’."
}