1 the study of past events,particularly in human affairs :medieval European history.
• the past considered as a whole :letters that have changed the course of history.
2 the whole series of past events connected with someone or something :the history of Aegean painting.
• an eventful past :the group has quite a history.
• a past characterized by a particular thing :his family had a history of insanity.
3 a continuous,typically chronological,record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution :a history of the labor movement.
• a historical play :Shakespeare's comedies,histories,and tragedies.