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

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   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. Dianne Feinstein:

   America cheered as the women's soccer team won an historic fourth World Cup, but our support shouldn't end with ticker-tape parades.

2. Novak Djokovic:

   I think in order to have a chance and have a go for the historic number one I am going to try to do everything possible this season and next season maximum, that is what I can devote in terms of time and energy towards accomplishing that goal.

3. The Navy:

   It is my absolute honor to name the next [ replenishment oiler ] after the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ruth Bader Ginsburg is a historic figure who vigorously advocated for women's rights and gender equality.

4. Duncan Wilson:

   This historic shipwreck tells the story of Germany's increasing naval strength in the late-19th century at a time when Britain and Germany were on friendly terms, the SMS Grosser Kurfürst is important as the only non-Royal Naval warship recorded as wrecked in English waters for the period 1860 -- 1913.

5. Zvi Hauser:

   Whoever reads the fine print in this' historic' decision understands that it is a phantom decision, there is no budget, there is no planning, there is no place, and there is really no binding decision.

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