historical

IPA: hɪstˈɔrɪkʌɫ

noun

  • A historical romance.

adjective

  • Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
  • (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.
  • Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
  • (literature, art) Set in the past.
  • (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
  • (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
  • (obsolete, biology) Synonym of hereditary or evolutionary.
  • Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
  • Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
  • (uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
  • Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
Advertisement

Examples of "historical" in Sentences

  • The bulk of the book is historical.
  • The context of the poem is historical.
  • The last is the historical commentary.
  • Fascism is historically antithetic to Catholicism.
  • Choice of the historical background of the dialogue.
  • It is a part of the historical section in vaccination.
  • The science is historical and the biblical exegesis is historical.
  • This country is historically bombarded by lots of invaders in the past.

Related Links

synonyms for historicaldescribing words for historical
Advertisement
#AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

© 2024 Copyright: WordPapa