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world history

world history noun: a field of historical study that examines history from a global perspective.

Noun

world history (countable and uncountable, plural world histories)

  1. A field of historical study that examines history from a global perspective.

Forms of world history

pluralworld histories

Words formed from world history

Questions about world history

What does world history mean?
World history means a field of historical study that examines history from a global perspective.
What part of speech is world history?
World history is a noun.
What is the plural of world history?
The plural of world history is world histories.

Words near world history in the dictionary

  1. World Health Organisation
  2. World Health Organization
  3. World Heritage Site
  4. World Heritage Sites
  5. world histories
  6. world history
  7. world island
  8. world language
  9. world languages
  10. world leader
  11. world leaders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: world history (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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