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Historic

noun
/(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/
Word Frequency: 13.4

Definitions

1.nounA history, a non-fiction account of the past.
2.nounA historian.
3.adjectiveVery important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
"A historic opportunity"
4.adjectiveOld-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
5.adjective(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
"The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect."
6.adjectiveOf, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
"July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day."
7.adjectiveOf, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
8.adjectiveOf, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
"The Royal Historical Society"
9.adjectiveForming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
"historical-political"

Synonyms

bygoneforegonedatedold-fangledoutdatedgroundbreakingimportantlandmarkmomentousnotablesignificantancient

Antonyms

unhistoricahistoricalanachronisticexpectedfutureprojectedcontemporarymodernpresentpresent-day

Rhymes With

euphoricprehistoricchoricmeteoricdysphoricroriccaloricpsoric
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