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history

n. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

history

n. the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"

history

n. a software feature keeping track of the user input during a session

History

n. [the knowledge concerned with the events in the past]

history

n. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"

history

n. 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, account, chronicle, story

n. 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"

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education

n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

gloss, rubric

n. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

explanation

n. the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

gazette

n. a newspaper or official journal

periodical

n. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

tabloid, rag, sheet

n. newspaper with half-size pages

insertion, introduction, intromission

n. the act of putting one thing into another

narration

n. (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

novel

n. an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

minutes, proceedings, transactions

n. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

interpretation

n. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

record

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

transcript

n. something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station"

diary, journal

n. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

daybook, journal

n. a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

register

n. a book in which names and transactions are listed

register, registry

n. an official written record of names or events or transactions

report card, report

n. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card"

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tomorrow

n. the near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow"

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

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