make history

verb

To do something that will be widely remembered for a long time.

“Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he was the first person to walk on the Moon.”

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Meanings

verbmake history (third-person singular simple present makes history, present participle making history, simple past and past participle made history)

present singular third person makes history · participle present making history · participle past made history · past made history

  1. idiomaticTo do something that will be widely remembered for a long time.

    Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he was the first person to walk on the Moon.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
go down in history

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 創造歷史 /创造历史
  • 創造歷史 /创造历史 (chuàngzào lìshǐ)do something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Finnish tehdä historiaa
  • tehdä historiaado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
French faire date, faire époque
  • faire datedo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • faire époquedo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
German Geschichte schreiben
  • Geschichte schreibendo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Italian passare alla storia, fare storia
  • passare alla storiado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • fare storiado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Polish tworzyć historię, stworzyć historię
  • tworzyć historiędo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • stworzyć historiędo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Portuguese fazer história
  • fazer históriado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Russian твори́ть исто́рию, де́лать исто́рию
  • твори́ть исто́рию (tvorítʹ istóriju)do something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • де́лать исто́рию (délatʹ istóriju)do something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • войти́ в исто́рию (vojtí v istóriju)do something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Spanish hacer historia
  • hacer historiado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Swedish skapa historia, gå till historien
  • skapa historiado something that will be widely remembered for a long time
  • gå till historiendo something that will be widely remembered for a long time
Cite this entry
APA

make history. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20history

MLA

“make history.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20history. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make history,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20history.

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