life history

noun

1

: a history of the changes through which an organism passes in its development from the primary stage to its natural death

2

: the history of an individual or thing

Examples of life history in a Sentence

studying the life history of bears

Recent Examples on the Web

There are many noxious things about Trump, and perhaps even uncharged felonies somewhere in his life history, but for most people, what Bragg did in New York was a legal travesty that undercut belief in our criminal justice system and broader rule of law. —Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024

Their frustrations involved an accumulation of life histories that defined survival issues in the environment. —Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024

The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out. —Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024

Advertisement Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more. —James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

life history

noun

1

: a history of the changes through which a living thing passes in its development from the first stage to its natural death

2

: life cycle sense 1

Medical Definition

life history

noun

1

a

: a history of the changes through which an organism passes in its development from the primary stage to its natural death

b

: one series of the changes in a life history

2

: the history of an individual's development in his or her social environment