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History Past Events Someone's Set Facts Happened Job

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Someone's h______ is the set of facts that are known about their past.Someone's history is the set of facts that are known about their past.
He couldn't get a new job because of his medical history.
...an exhibition documenting the personal history of Anne Frank.
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You can refer to the events of the past as history . You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its history.
History is full of seemingly minor events leading to international showdowns.
...the most evil mass killer in history.
...the history of Birmingham.
...religious history.
History is a subject studied in schools, colleges, and universities that deals with events that have happened in the past.
A history is an account of events that have happened in the past.
...his magnificent history of broadcasting in Canada.
...oral histories taken from elderly people in Rochester.
If a person or a place has a history of something, it has been very common or has happened frequently in their past.
...a history of drink problems.
The boy's mother had a history of abusing her children.
Someone's history is the set of facts that are known about their past.
He couldn't get a new job because of his medical history.
...an exhibition documenting the personal history of Anne Frank.
If you say that an event, thing, or person is history, you mean that they are no longer important.
The Charlottetown agreement is history.
inflections histories
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