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1. (adj.) historical
of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events:
historical records.
2. historical
based on or suggested by history or documented material from the past:
a historical novel.
3. historical
having once existed or lived, as opposed to being part of legend, fiction, or religious belief:
a study of the historical Jesus.
4. historical
narrated or mentioned in history; belonging to the past.
5. historical
noting or pertaining to analysis based on a comparison among several periods of development of a phenomenon, as in language or economics.
Etymology: (1375–1425)
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| Definition of 'historical' |
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1. (adj) historical
of or relating to the study of history
"historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"
2. (adj) historical
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
"the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"
3. (adj) historic, historical
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
"historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"
4. (adj) diachronic, historical
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
"diachronic linguistics"
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1. (adjective) historical
relating to the past and to the people or things from history
a historical novel
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) historical
of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page
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Sense: of or about history; of or about people or events from history
historical research; historical novels.
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 Afrikaans: geskiedkundig |
 Arabic: تاريخي، متعلِّق بالتاريخ |
 Bulgarian: исторически |
 Brazilian: histórico |
 Czech: historický |
 German: historisch |
 Danish: historisk |
 Greek: ιστορικός |
 Spanish: histórico |
 Estonian: ajaloo-, ajalooline |
 Farsi: تاريخی |
 Finnish: historiallinen |
 French: historique |
 Hebrew: הִיסטוֹרִי |
 Hindi: ऎतिहासिक |
 Croatian: povijesni |
 Hungarian: történelmi, történeti |
 Indonesian: tentang sejarah |
 Icelandic: sögulegur |
 Italian: storico |
 Japanese: 歴史に関する |
 Korean: 역사에 관한 |
 Lithuanian: istorinis |
 Latvian: vēsturisks; vēstures- |
 Malay: sejarah |
 Dutch: historisch |
 Norwegian: historisk, historie- |
 Polish: historyczny |
 Persian: تاريخی |
 Pashto: تاریخی |
 Portuguese: histórico |
 Romanian: istoric |
 Russian: исторический |
 Slovak: historický, dejepisný |
 Slovenian: zgodovinski |
 Serbian: istorijski |
 Swedish: historisk, historie- |
 Thai: เกี่ยวข้องกับการศึกษาประว |
 Turkish: tarihî |
 Taiwanese: (有關)歷史的 |
 Ukrainian: історичний; такий, що сто |
 Urdu: تاریخ سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc lịch sử |
 Chinese: 历史的 |
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