history

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for history

history 🔊 /hɪˈstɚi or hɪˈstɹi/

history : විත්ති

history : වෘත්තාන්තය

history : යටගියාව

history : පුරාවෘත්තය

history : ඉතිහාසය

history definition

Noun.

  1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
  2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.

Transitive verb. To narrate or record.