Sekirov Dictionary

historical

UK /hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/US /hɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/

adjective 11
noun 1
forms 3

adjective11

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belonging to the real past and shown by written records, not made up later
- 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 historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
About history; depicting persons or events from history.
Set in the past.
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Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
- EB: We live in a special time of awakening. This is a historical moment for Egypt DS: In which many see you as a kind of messiah. EB: I neither can nor want to be a savior. — 2010
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
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Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
- The historical development of skill in foreshortening will be demonstrated in another section. Only the more perfect phases will be treated here. — 1913
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Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- Sith thou gaue to vs a floure most riall Redolent in cronicles with historicall syght. — 1521
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One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
- The historical present is often treated as a principal tense, but there are exceptions and sometimes both constructions appear in the same passage. — 2010
Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"
(no longer used) Synonym of hereditary or evolutionary.

noun1

A historical romance.

forms

historicals · more historical · most historical

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