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historia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backstory noun The background history of a person or character that explains who they are and why they act as they do, even though it isn't shown directly.
  • history noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
  • narrative noun A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
  • story noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.

Senses

historia is used for these senses in English:

  • backstory The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
  • history (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
  • narrative That which is narrated.
  • story An account of real or fictional events.
  • track record (idiomatic) The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.

backstory — full definition

  1. noun The background history of a person or character that explains who they are and why they act as they do, even though it isn't shown directly.
  2. noun A made-up personal history someone tells others to hide their real past or intentions.

history — full definition

  1. noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
  2. noun A record of an entity's past actions or states, such as a browsing history or medical history.
  3. noun Used to say something is no longer relevant or has ended, especially in the phrase "be history."
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