historic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /hɪˈstɑɹɪk/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
- /hɪˈstoɹɪk/ (General-American)
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- /hɪˈstɒɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪˈstoɹɪk/ (General-American)
- /ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪˈstɑɹɪk/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā)bor. Latin historia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin historicusder. English historic From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.
Meanings
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Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
A historic opportunity
Alongside the nature targets, countries reached a historic agreement to develop a financial mechanism for sharing the benefits from drug discoveries, vaccines and food products that come from digital forms of biodiversity, known as digital sequence information or DSI, after rows about biopiracy in the lead-up to Cop15.
2022 December 19, Patrick Greenfield, Phoebe Weston, “Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030”, in The Guardian:Derrick Lewis […] told The Journal he felt that he was participating in something historic. “This is one of the events they’ll be talking about 100 years from now,” he said. He could be right, but not in the way he thinks.
2026 June 15, Michelle Goldberg, “The UFC 250 Was a Garish Spectacle of American Decline”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:the historic moment when the Berlin Wall came down, together with the preservation of the city's historic district
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
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Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic.
1756 August, Horace Walpole, letter republished in Private Correspondence (1820), Vol. II, No. 1
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(uncommon) Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march, leades honor enchaind in an Epique pen, grac'd with the furtherance of historique Clio.
1594, John Dickenson, Arisbas, Euphues amidst his slumbers; or, Cupids iourney to hell:
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Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hystoric | alternative | lexicographic | |
| historick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most historic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| historique | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more historic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
historic infinitive · historicistic · historic county · historic rhyme · antihistoricist · historic criticism · historicize · historicist · historic district · protohistoric · unhistoric · prehistoric · historic present tense · historicization · ahistoric · sociohistoric · historicism · historic site · past historic · ahistoricism · historicity · microhistoric · posthistoric · polyhistoric · present historic · antihistoricism · historic present · ethnohistoric · past historic tense · macrohistoric · nonhistoric · mythohistoric · historicness
Relateds
Synonyms
significant · historical · bygone · groundbreaking · foregone · outdated · momentous · dated · landmark · old-fangled · important (very important) · notable
Translations (41)
la historicus (having significance in history) · cmn 歷史性的 /历史性的 (having significance in history) · it storico (having significance in history) · de geschichtsträchtig (having significance in history) · fr historique (having significance in history) · es histórico (having significance in history) · tr tarihî (having significance in history) · sh pȍvijēsnī (having significance in history) · lv vēsturisks (having significance in history) · ko 역사적인 (having significance in history) · oc istoric (having significance in history) · ka ისტორიული (having significance in history) · cmn 有歷史意義的 /有历史意义的 (having significance in history) · tl makasaysayan (having significance in history) · it storica (having significance in history) · bn ঐতিহাসিক (having significance in history) · sl zgodovinski (having significance in history) · nn historisk (having significance in history) · uk істори́чний (having significance in history) · pl historyczny (having significance in history) · nb historisk (having significance in history) · tr tarihsel (having significance in history) · et ajalooline (having significance in history) · hi ऐतिहासिक (having significance in history) · gd eachdraidheil (having significance in history) · nl historisch (having significance in history) · ba тарихи (having significance in history) · de historisch (having significance in history) · kmr dîrokî (having significance in history) · ro istoric (having significance in history) · hu történelmi (having significance in history) · bg исторически (having significance in history) · te చారిత్రక (having significance in history) · fi historiallinen (having significance in history) · pt histórico (having significance in history) · gl histórico (having significance in history) · ht istorik (having significance in history) · ca històric (having significance in history) · sv historisk (having significance in history) · ast históricu (having significance in history) · ru истори́ческий (having significance in history)