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historic

/(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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