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history

1. noun past events2. noun person's life events3. noun subject of study4. noun account5. noun entire existence of sth6. noun between people
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1 noun past eventsstair fem2  c m uit has happened many times in history tá sé feicthe go minic againn sa stairhistory tells us that... insíonn an stair dúinn go...; feicimid ón stair go...; is léir ó fhianaise na staire go...in recent history le blianta beaga anuas, le roinnt blianta anuas, ar na saolta deireanachathe book explores the history of music in Ireland leanann an leabhar scéal an cheoil in Éirinnit has a complicated history tá stair chasta ag baint leislocal history stair áitiúilworld history stair an domhain 2 noun person's life eventsstair fem2  c m ucúlra masc4  c m uhis family history is very interesting tá stair a theaghlaigh iontach spéisiúilemployment history stair fostaíochta, cúlra fostaíochta
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3 noun subject of studystair fem2  c m u 4 noun accountstair fem2  c m uscéal masc1  c m ucuntas masc1  c m ushe wrote a history of the parish scríobh sí cuntas ar stair an pharóiste 5 noun entire existence of sth fem4  c m uhe's the best player in the history of the club is é an t-imreoir is fearr é ó bunaíodh an club 6 noun between peoplewe've got history tá seanaithne againn ar a chéile, téann an scéal i bhfad siar eadrainn
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to be history

informal 1 be deaddo chosa a bheith nitedo phort a bheith seinntedo chnaipe a bheith déantaif you moved you were history dá mbogfá bheadh deireadh leatyou were history if you interrupted him bheadh do phort seinnte dá gcuirfeá isteach air 2 no longer existquotas will be history after next year beidh deireadh go deo le cuótaí ón mbliain seo chugainn amachpermanent jobs are history níl a leithéid de rud ann agus poist bhuana níos mó 3 belong in the pastdon't go into that, it's history ná bac leis sin, tá an lá sin thart; ná bain leis, scéal thairis anois éthat's ancient history now seanscéal agus meirg air é sin anois

to go down in history

he'll go down in history as a hero mar laoch a chuimhneofar air, mar laoch a mhairfidh cáil air

to have a history of sth

1 have done sth beforehe has a history of telling lies tá sé amuigh air go n-insíonn sé bréaga, tá an cháil amuigh air go n-insíonn sé bréaga, ní inniu ná inné a thosaigh sé ar na bréaga 2 have had symptomshe has a history of back pain tá pianta sa droim ag gabháil dó le fada

to be history in the making

what happened was history in the making beidh cuimhne go deo ar an méid a tharla, ní ligfear ar tharla i ndearmad go deoit's history in the making lá dár saol é

history repeats itself

níl aon rud nua faoin spéircasann an rothI don't intend to let history repeat itself níl sé i gceist agam ligean don rud céanna tarlú an athuair

to make history

it was my chance to make history ba é mo sheans é gaisce a dhéanamh, ba é mo dheis é clú agus cáil a bhaint amachhe's making television history tá sé ag déanamh rud nach ndearnadh riamh cheana ar an teilifís

your place in history

do chlú agus do cháilan t-iomrá atá orther place in history is assured by her achievements beidh cuimhne go deo na ndeor ar a cuid beart

the rest is history

tá a fhios ag madraí an bhaile cén chríoch a bhí ar an scéaltá a fhios ag an saol Fódlach cad a tharla ina dhiaidh sin

to rewrite history

insint eile a chur ar an staircraiceann eile a chur ar an stair

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