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Princeton's WordNet

  1. classicsnoun

    study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

Wiktionary

  1. classicsnoun

    The branch of the humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean World; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the classical era.

Wikidata

  1. Classics

    Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity. Initially, the study of the Classics was the principal study in the humanities.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Classics

    originally, and often still, the standard authors in the literature of Greece or Rome, now authors in any literature that represent it at its best, when, as Goethe has it, it is "vigorous, fresh, joyous, and healthy," as in the "Nibelungen," no less than in the "Iliad."

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Classics in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Classics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Classics in a Sentence

  1. Roberta Pipito:

    We all love a classic Memorial Day burger or summer salad, but let’s give these classics a little twist and welcome back summer with a bang.

  2. Heydon Mizon:

    The pub is a real pub, with roaring fires, locally crafted cask ales, world beers and great wines specializing in freshly roasted rotisserie chicken and pub classics.

  3. Fernando Meirelles:

    Athens was about the classics, Beijing was grandiose and muscular, London was smart, and ours - ours will be cool.

  4. Coco Chanel:

    Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

  5. Dominic Venegas:

    There’s a bit of elegance and history to the classics, and every father loves a classic.

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