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oral history

oral history noun: the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.

Noun

oral history (countable and uncountable, plural oral histories)

  1. The collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.
  2. Oral tradition.

oral history meaning in Tamil

oral history in Tamil

வாய்வழி வரலாறு, வாய்மொழி வரலாறு

Forms of oral history

pluraloral histories

Questions about oral history

What does oral history mean?
Oral history means the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.
What is oral history in Tamil?
Oral history in Tamil is வாய்வழி வரலாறு, வாய்மொழி வரலாறு. See Oral history meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oral history?
Oral history is a noun.
What is the plural of oral history?
The plural of oral history is oral histories.

Words near oral history in the dictionary

  1. oral exams
  2. oral glucose
  3. oral gratification
  4. oral gratifications
  5. oral histories
  6. oral history
  7. oral hygiene
  8. oral law
  9. oral laws
  10. oral lore
  11. oral lores

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oral history (page history and authors); oral history (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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