A written account of a person's history; a biography. Cf. life and times n., life and works n. at compounds 3, and vita, n.2 2.

The facts relating to the natural objects, plants, or animals of a place; the natural phenomena of a region as observed or described systematically.

Personal history; the events or circumstances of a person's life, viewed collectively. Also: the course of an individual human life, or the life…

In plural. The events of a person's (or an organization's, etc.) past, usually as affecting a present position.

colloquial. The life history or provenance of a person or thing; esp. a person's criminal record.

a patient's medical history (cf. history, n. 1c); an account of this; also in extended use.

(a) a process or record of research into the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time; this as a method; (b) a…