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historic

AdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//hɪˈstɒɹɪk//
  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ɪˈstɒɹɪk//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//hɪˈstoɹɪk//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//ɪˈstoɹɪk//
  • //hɪˈstɑɹɪk//

Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

    A historic opportunity

    July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.

    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.

  2. 2

    Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.

    Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

    The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.

Herkunft

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.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    veraltetA history, a non-fiction account of the past.

    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.

  2. 2

    veraltetA historian.

Formen

Plural
historics
Komparativ
more historic
Superlativ
most historic
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