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historic

UK /hɪˈstɒɹɪk/US /hɪˈstoɹɪk/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 3

adjective4

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Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
- July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
- the historic moment when the Berlin Wall came down, together with the preservation of the city's historic district
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Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
- The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.
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Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
- An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march, leades honor enchaind in an Epique pen, grac'd with the furtherance of historique Clio. — 1594
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Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
- Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic. — 1756

noun2

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(no longer used) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
- Before the beginnyng of this historic, I haue thought good by waie of a Proeme, to introduce the wordes of an excellent writer called Lodouicus Caelius Rhodoginus. — 1566
(no longer used) A historian.

forms

historics · more historic · most historic

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