| influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort |
| career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
| history lesson | a lesson in the facts of history |
| influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc, used her parents' influence to get the job |
| ancient history | knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence |
| influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do, her wishes had a great influence on his thinking |
| natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
| history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings, he teaches Medieval history, history takes the long view |
| art history | the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture |
| history | all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing, a body of knowledge, the dawn of recorded history, from the beginning of history |
history
account
chronicle
story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
| ancient history | a history of the ancient world |
| case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment |
| family history | part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases |
medical history
medical record
anamnesis | the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
biography
life
life story
life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
sphere
sphere of influence | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential |
fixer
influence peddler | someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) |
| influence | one having power to influence another, she was the most important influence in my life, he was a bad influence on the children |
| influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another, the influence of mechanical action |
| history | the aggregate of past events, a critical time in the school's history |
| history | the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future, all of human history |
determine shape
mold
influence
regulate | shape or influence, give direction to, experience often determines ability, mold public opinion |
charm
influence
tempt | induce into action by using one's charm, She charmed him into giving her all his money |
influence
act upon
work | have and exert influence or effect, The artist's work influenced the young painter, She worked on her friends to support the political candidate |