recorded history

collocation in English

meaningsofrecordandhistory

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record
adjective
uk
/ˈrek.ɔːd/
us
/ˈrek.ɚd/
at a higher level than ever ...
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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 ofrecordandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecorded history

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This ancient city, which arose just before the beginning ofrecordedhistory, is double walled.
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Yet those who are numbered among the ' voice-hearers ' include some of the greatest artists, thinkers and religious figures inrecordedhistory.
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Recordedhistoryreveals two quite different approaches to the problem of human progress.
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The second part of the agent's knowledge, called arecordedhistorycontains observations made by the agent together with a record of its own actions.
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Because alfalfa was cultivated beforerecordedhistory, its taxonomic origin and evolution are difficult to trace.
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It was the densest and most persistent dry fog inrecordedhistory.
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In their place, the author focuses on the evolution of standard forms of the language during itsrecordedhistory.
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With all ofrecordedhistoryat our disposal, the 'themes' we might invoke in a new composition are endless.
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The difference of course is that, there, the issue is one of the most inflammatory inrecordedhistory, one that is of concern to an entire nation.
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It has been so throughoutrecordedhistory.
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One could go further, and say that attitudes to children have been infinitely various in every age ofrecordedhistory, more various than attitudes over time.
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Ordinary voluntary clubs may look back on arecordedhistorythat can be traced to their very origin in a voluntary contract signed by their founding members.
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Cohen uses the mammoth as the underlying pretext to show the changing relationship between humans and their understanding of the natural world from the earliest ofrecordedhistory.
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They have led and created an appalling and serious decline—the worst that this nation has experienced inrecordedhistory.
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Profound and living military truths may be illustrated from the earliest battles ofrecordedhistory.
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This is the first time inrecordedhistorywhen what we have lost on the swings we are also losing on the roundabouts.
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His views are hardly likely to conflict withrecordedhistory.
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The point he makes has merit on a moral plane, but people have been doing this since the beginning ofrecordedhistory.
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It has gone on for the whole ofrecordedhistoryand will happen again somewhere, at some time.
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