historic
/(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ · noun
Meaning
- A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
- A historian.
- Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
- Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
- (grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
- Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
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