What does Historical mean?
Definitions for Historical
hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr-his·tor·i·cal
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Historical.
Princeton's WordNet
historicaladjective
of or relating to the study of history
"historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"
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"
historic, historicaladjective
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
"historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"
diachronic, historicaladjective
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
"diachronic linguistics"
Wiktionary
historicaladjective
Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
HISTORICAL, HISTORICKadjective
Etymology: historique, Fr. historicus, Latin.
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.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
Historicaladjective
of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1827
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3961
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Historical' in Adjectives Frequency: #243
Anagrams for Historical »
his talc or i
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Historical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Historical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Historical in a Sentence
Hurricane Fiona is projected to be a significant and historical weather event for Nova Scotia.
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.
The State Department's work with Hollywood fits into a much larger historical picture and jigsaw.
Historical data shows if you have a strong first half, the second half of the year was actually going even stronger.
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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- تاريخيArabic
- tarixi, tarixAzerbaijani
- истори́ческиBulgarian
- ঐতিহাসিকBengali
- històricCatalan, Valencian
- historickýCzech
- hanesyddolWelsh
- historisch, geschichtlichGerman
- ιστορικόςGreek
- historiaEsperanto
- históricoSpanish
- ajaloolineEstonian
- تاریخیPersian
- historiallinenFinnish
- historiqueFrench
- stairiúilIrish
- eachdraidheilScottish Gaelic
- históricoGalician
- ઐતિહાસિકGujarati
- היסטוריHebrew
- történelmiHungarian
- պատմականArmenian
- historicInterlingua
- storicoItalian
- 歴史的なJapanese
- ისტორიულიGeorgian
- 역사적인Korean
- historicusLatin
- vēsturisksLatvian
- historiskNorwegian
- geschiedkundig, historischDutch
- historiskNorwegian Nynorsk
- istoricOccitan
- historycznyPolish
- históricoPortuguese
- istorică, istorici, istoricRomanian
- истори́ческийRussian
- pȍvijēsnī, повијесниSerbo-Croatian
- zgodovínski, historičenSlovene
- historikAlbanian
- historiskSwedish
- చారిత్రకTelugu
- таърихӣTajik
- makasaysayanTagalog
- tarihî, tarihselTurkish
- lịch sử, thuộc về sử họcVietnamese
- jenavikVolapük
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