how to pronounce history

/ˈhɪs.təɹ.i/

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history is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of history in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the first man in history to walk on the …”

meaning of history

History is the study of the past.

history frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word history occurs in english on average 193.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics history can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that history can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;