histories Definition

history
noun histories

1. An account of past events and developments.

Thesaurus: record, account, annals, archives, chronicle, genealogy, memoir, narrative, saga.
2. A methodical account of the origin and progress of a nation, institution, the world, etc.
3. The knowledge of past events associated with a particular nation, the world, a person, etc.
4. The academic discipline of understanding and interpreting past events.
5. A past full of events of more than common interest.

Example: a building with a fascinating history
6. A play or drama representing historical events.

Idiom: be history

colloq
To be finished, over, dead, etc.
Example: He's history

Idiom: make history

To do something significant or memorable, especially to be the first person to do so, often with an influence on the future.

Etymology: 15c: from Greek historia, from histor knowing.