Definitions for historic
hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr-his·toric

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1. historic, historicaladjective

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

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

2. historicadjective

   important in history

   "the historic first voyage to outer space"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. historicadjective

   having importance or significance in history

2. historicadjective

   belonging to the past; historical (see note below)

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Historicadjective

   alt. of Historical

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'historic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4014

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'historic' in Adjectives Frequency: #539

Anagrams for historic »

1. orchitis

How to pronounce historic?

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

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say historic in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of historic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of historic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of historic in a Sentence

1. Adam Winkler:

   Who knows whether they maintain the energy or not but there are historic examples of student-led movements that have played an important role in moving things forward, (for example) the Civil rights movements, we've seen these kids take a real leadership role on this issue.

2. Khaled Meshaal:

   This is a historic opportunity to pressure Israel ... to find an equitable solution for the Palestinian people, and it will be to the credit of the civilized world and the American administration to stop the darkness that we have been suffering from for many years.

3. Marty Ahrens:

   Most of these fires are small, churches are often historic structures, depending on the part of the country you’re in. They may or may not have been built to current code, and trying to maintain them can be a challenge.

4. Chief Executive Carlos Tavares:

   Africa and the Middle East are historic markets for PSA and the region is expected to become a profitable driver of our internationalisation.

5. Manuel Valls:

   We have reached a historic moment where the bottom line for our country is a choice between two options, one is the extreme right, which basically stands for division, a division that can lead to civil war.

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