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US
/ˈkɫæsɪkəɫ/
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[ UK /klˈæsɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /klˈæsɪkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
classical Greek - (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
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of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
classic Chinese pottery
classical Marxism -
of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
classical music -
of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
a classical scholar -
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
the classical world
classical mythology -
well-known and long-established in form or style
a classical ballet
classic double-breasted suit
the classic struggle between good and evil
the classic struggle between good and evil
NOUN
- traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
How To Use classical In A Sentence
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- Hmm... a bit of Googling produces this short book review by Charles Solomon, which has the line: "As an essayist, Didion lacks the hyaline profundity of Susan Sontag or the classical erudition of Marguerite Yourcenar ... Making Light: Open thread 136
- During the Classical Greek period from about 480 to 300 B.C. most necklaces were three dimensional pendants.
- Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive.
- In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
- The neo-classical house features a main doorway framed with Ionic pillars and topped by a balustraded balcony complete with carved stone coat of arms.
- All forms of classical orthodoxy either explicitly reject or reject in principle kenotic theology.
- His hobbies included tending the many trees in his garden, hillwalking, classical music, opera and photography. Times, Sunday Times
- It is written in Attic Greek, with much studiedly antithetical rhetoric and frequent verbal borrowings from the classical authors.
- A neo-Classical representation of folk music and simplicity, this small work was written in honor of Enesco and Jora on their 60th and 50th birthdays.