ADJ
- contemporary, early, recent
- the early history of the trade union movement things that happened in recent history
- ancient, medieval, modern
- local
- family
- British, world, etc.
- official
- the official history of the Labour Party
- recorded
- The debate about the origins of the universe has been going on throughout recorded history
- oral
- Oral history enables us to take account of those many aspects of history that are not recorded in documents
- art, church, cultural, economic, human, literary, military, political, social, etc.
QUANT
- piece
- She created a piece of history by winning her fourth title
VERB + HISTORY
- be steeped in
- a building that is steeped in history
- go down in, make, pass into
- He will go down in history as a wise adviser and a kind man. He made history by being the first man to walk on the moon
- trace
- The regiment traces its history back to 1803
- distort, rewrite
- her attempt to rewrite history with herself in the role of heroine
HISTORY + VERB
- go back (to) …
- The town's history goes back to Roman times
- reveal sth, show sth
- History shows that New Zealand are almost unbeatable by British teams on their own turf
- repeat itself
- Years later, family history repeated itself with Eve's daughters
HISTORY + NOUN
- book (figurative)
- She has earned her place in the history books
PREP
- during sth's ~
- The country has suffered several invasions during its history
- in (sth's) ~
- the most extraordinary royal meeting in history the best player in the sport's history
- throughout ~
- There have been conflicts such as this throughout history
PHRASES
- change the course of history
- events that could change the course of history
- a period of history
- This is a fascinating period of history
- the rest is history (= the rest of the story does not need to be told because it is well-known), a sense of history
- a people with no sense of history
- a slice of history
- The team grabbed a slice of history here today (= achieved sth that will be remembered)
ADJ
- chequered, colourful, fascinating, interesting, rich
- The city has a rich and colourful history
- long
- She has a long history of mental illness
- previous, subsequent
- case
- She familiarized herself with the case history of her new patient
- employment, family, life, medical, personal, sexual
- The doctor will need some details of your medical history. I know nothing about his personal history
PREP
- ~ of
- a history of heart disease in the family
ADJ
- past
- They had an affair once, but that's past history now