the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
without anyone or anything intervening; "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"; "measured the physical properties directly"
the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
of a seeker; far from the object sought
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"
without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"
no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"
marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
(color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey"