Definitions for Historical
hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr-his·tor·i·cal

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. historicaladjective

   of or relating to the study of history

   "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"

2. historicaladjective

   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. historic, historicaladjective

   belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

   "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

4. diachronic, historicaladjective

   used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

   "diachronic linguistics"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. historicaladjective

   Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. HISTORICAL, HISTORICKadjective

   Etymology: historique, Fr. historicus, Latin.

   1. Containing or giving an account of facts and events.

   Because the beginning seemeth abrupt, it needs that you know the occasion of these several adventures; for the method of a poet historical is not such as of an historiographer. Edmund Spenser.

   Here rising bold, the patriot’s honest face;
   There warriors frowning in historick brass. Alexander Pope.

   2. Suitable or pertaining to history or narrative.

   In an historical relation we use terms that are most proper and best known. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   With equal justice and historick care,
   Their laws, their toils, their arms with his compare. Matthew Prior.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Historicaladjective

   of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1827

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3961

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Adjectives Frequency: #243

Anagrams for Historical »

1. his talc or i

How to pronounce Historical?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Historical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Historical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Historical in a Sentence

1. John Lohr:

   Hurricane Fiona is projected to be a significant and historical weather event for Nova Scotia.

2. Jack Greatrex:

   You hear of the plague, and instantly you think of Black Death which ravages Europe, it has that enormous historical baggage, it's where lots of our ideas about what it means to have an epidemic comes from.

3. Tony Shaw:

   The State Department's work with Hollywood fits into a much larger historical picture and jigsaw.

4. Ross Mayfield:

   Historical data shows if you have a strong first half, the second half of the year was actually going even stronger.

5. Gene Dodaro:

   The historical average post-World War II of how much debt we held as a percent of gross domestic product was 43 percent on average; right now we’re at 74 percent.

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