"historic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /(h)ɪˈstɔɹɪk/ [General-American], /(h)ɪˈstɑɹɪk/ (note: New York Metropolitan Area) Audio: En-us-historic.ogg [US] Forms: more historic [comparative], most historic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|historicus||historical}} Latin historicus (“historical”), {{der|en|grc|ἱστορικός||exact; historical}} Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”), {{m|fr|historique}} historique Head templates: {{en-adj}} historic (comparative more historic, superlative most historic)
  1. Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history. Synonyms (very important): important Translations (having significance in history): históricu (Asturian), тарихи (tarixi) (Bashkir), ঐতিহাসিক (ōitihaśik) (Bengali), исторически (istoričeski) (Bulgarian), històric (Catalan), 有歷史意義的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有历史意义的 (yǒu lìshǐ yìyì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 歷史性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 历史性的 (lìshǐxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), historisch (Dutch), ajalooline (Estonian), historiallinen (Finnish), historique (French), histórico (Galician), ისტორიული (isṭoriuli) (Georgian), historisch (German), geschichtsträchtig (German), istorik (Haitian Creole), ऐतिहासिक (aitihāsik) (Hindi), történelmi (Hungarian), storico (Italian), storica (Italian), 역사적인 (yeoksajeogin) (Korean), historicus (Latin), vēsturisks (Latvian), dîrokî (Northern Kurdish), historisk (Norwegian Bokmål), historisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), istoric (Occitan), historyczny [masculine] (Polish), histórico (Portuguese), istoric (Romanian), истори́ческий (istoríčeskij) (Russian), eachdraidheil (Scottish Gaelic), pȍvijēsnī (Serbo-Croatian), zgodovinski (Slovene), histórico (Spanish), makasaysayan (Tagalog), చారిత్రక (cāritraka) (Telugu), tarihî (Turkish), tarihsel (Turkish), істори́чний (istorýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-historic-en-adj-FdZvPp8S Disambiguation of 'very important': 94 1 1 5 Disambiguation of 'having significance in history': 66 10 16 8
  2. Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity. Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-historic-en-adj-TiLLyYZk Disambiguation of Time: 0 33 26 0 41 0
  3. (now uncommon) Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.) Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: historical [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-historic-en-adj-7YKsLwFT Disambiguation of Time: 0 33 26 0 41 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 47 22 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 14 41 21 18 2
  4. (grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-historic-en-adj-63B4AkHK Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /(h)ɪˈstɔɹɪk/ [General-American], /(h)ɪˈstɑɹɪk/ (note: New York Metropolitan Area) Audio: En-us-historic.ogg [US] Forms: historics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|historicus||historical}} Latin historicus (“historical”), {{der|en|grc|ἱστορικός||exact; historical}} Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”), {{m|fr|historique}} historique Head templates: {{en-noun}} historic (plural historics)
  1. (obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-historic-en-noun--I6cC7dw Disambiguation of Time: 0 33 26 0 41 0
  2. (obsolete) A historian. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-historic-en-noun-JwUTLGtk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: historick [obsolete], hystoric, historique

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "isṭoriuli",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "ისტორიული"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "historisch"
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        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "geschichtsträchtig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "aitihāsik",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "ऐतिहासिक"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "történelmi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "storico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "storica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeoksajeogin",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "역사적인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "dîrokî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "historicus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "vēsturisks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "historisk"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
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        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "historyczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "histórico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "istoric"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "istoríčeskij",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "истори́ческий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "eachdraidheil"
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          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "pȍvijēsnī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "zgodovinski"
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          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "histórico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "makasaysayan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "cāritraka",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "చారిత్రక"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "tarihî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "tarihsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 10 16 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "istorýčnyj",
          "sense": "having significance in history",
          "word": "істори́чний"
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        {
          "ref": "1756 August, Horace Walpole, letter republished in Private Correspondence (1820), Vol. II, No. 1",
          "text": "Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic."
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          "ref": "1594, John Dickenson, Arisbas, Euphues amidst his slumbers; or, Cupids iourney to hell",
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        [
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        [
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        ],
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          "used"
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        [
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        "(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events."
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)ɪˈstɑɹɪk/",
      "note": "New York Metropolitan Area"
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    },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "historics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "historic (plural historics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1566, William Painter, chapter XI, in The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, volume I",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A history, a non-fiction account of the past."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "non-fiction",
          "non-fiction"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A historian."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "historian",
          "historian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A historian."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)ɪˈstɔɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)ɪˈstɑɹɪk/",
      "note": "New York Metropolitan Area"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɹɪk"
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-us-historic.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "historick"
    },
    {
      "word": "hystoric"
    },
    {
      "word": "historique"
    }
  ],
  "word": "historic"
}

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