chapter of history

collocation in English

meaningsofchapterandhistory

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chapter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæp.tər/us
/ˈtʃæp.tɚ/
any of the separate parts into which a book or other piece of text is divided, usually given a number ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofchapterandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchapter of history

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I think it is the most pathetic, the most tragic,chapterofhistorywhich it is possible to conceive.
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I hope, however, it will be understood that this road spans a century and a newchapterofhistory.
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We need the whole truth about thischapterofhistory.
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This tells us that we are dealing not with achapterofhistorybut with current affairs.
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It is this background that makes it urgently necessary to complete thischapterofhistory.
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What we are constructing here is not some minorchapterofhistory, but a critical test which, if underestimated, will have the gravest of consequences.
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It is a shamingchapterofhistoryfor all the people concerned.
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A longchapterofhistoryis being closed tonight.
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A debate would also provide a full opportunity to explore what could and should be done about what my constituents regard as an unclosedchapterofhistory.
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It calls upon them to end a sordidchapterofhistory, and join with the civilised nations in building the foundations of a nobler and happier world.
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Thischapterofhistoryhas been left in the shadows.
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