Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having importance in or influence on history.
- adj. Historical.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to history or historians; containing or conveying history.
- Noted or famous in history.
Wiktionary
- adj. having importance or significance in history
- adj. belonging to the past; historical (see note below)
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events
- adj. having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; -- contrasted with
legendary . - adj. Belonging to the past; ; a
historical character. - adj. Within the period of time recorded in written documents. Opposite of
prehistoric . - adj. (Linguistics) Same as diachronic.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. important in history
- adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
Examples
“I do not use the term historic easily but I believe this”
“The term historic ornament is applied to the various styles of ornamental art which have flourished at various periods in the world's history, from the Egyptian, dating from the 14th century B.C., to those that exist at the present day.”
“I also use the term historic today, meaning we have travelled a long distance.”
“Obamablia to celebrate a politician that has been sainted with the title historic I find is hard to grasp.”
“He pointed out that the campaign was authorized by what he called a historic vote in the U.N. Security Council and that NATO is to assume enforcement of the no-fly zone and the protection of the Libyan people.”
Voice of America: Libyan Opposition Leader Hails Obama Speech
“So many superlatives were already used to describe this situation, and the word "historic" is clearly one of the most used.”
“Be aware, though, that this preference seems quaint to some, and that a historic is the dominant modern form.”
“The Vatican, which had unsuccessfully sought include mention of Christianity's role in Europe in a European constitution, hailed what it called a "historic" decision.”
USA Today: Vatican praises E.U. ruling on crucifixes in class
“*** Energy Igor Sechin, Russia's powerful energy czar warned BP and its billionaire Russian partners not to let their differences get in the way of what he called a "historic" deal between the British oil giant and Rosneft.”
“Russia's energy czar, Igor Sechin, warned BP and its Russian partners not to let their differences get in the way of what he called a "historic" deal between the British giant and Rosneft.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
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clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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wreath, wreathe, titillate, titivate, proscribe, prescribe, pedal, peddle, mettle, metal, palette, palate and 132 more...
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TT2 Lesson 18
Nevada, basin, faraway, inland, onto, rocky, peak, period, seafloor, prehistoric, historic, history and 77 more...
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big
big, huge, vast, large, colossus, titanic, gigantic, whopping, great, massive, immense, historic and 9 more...
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