história — meaning in English

English meaning

• history noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
• story noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.
• tale noun A story, especially one that is told aloud and may be fictional or exaggerated.

Senses

história is used for these senses in English:

• history (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
• history (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
• story An account of real or fictional events.
• tale A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

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."

story — full definition

1. noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.
2. noun A short-lived post of photos or video shared on a social media app.

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