[ UK /hɪstˈɒɹɪkə‍l/ ]
[ US /hɪˈstɔɹɪkəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
    historical (or historic) times
    a historical character
    historic victories
  2. having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
    the historical Jesus
    actual historical events
    doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
  3. of or relating to the study of history
    a historical perspective
    historical scholars
  4. used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
    diachronic linguistics
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How To Use historical In A Sentence

  • The same signary was also used in the early historical period to write Greek; by the end of the third century B.C., Greek alphabetic writing had almost completely supplanted the native script.
  • The centre is ideally located within easy reach of many historical sites and venues for practical and outdoor activities.
  • Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
  • Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
  • Historically, 95 percent of lieutenants become captains.
  • It also provides a condensed primer to some of the issues at stake in American avant-garde cinema, which, partly because of its historical opposition to the dictates of commercial mainstream moviemaking and partly because it resists commodification unlike, say, abstract painting, oppositional cinema doesn't rack up big sales at Sotheby's, has been relegated to the status of museum pieces and festival marginalia. NYT > Home Page
  • But I think the book, or even the website should give a total account of the history of star trek and just say if historical events are cloudy this happened but it wasn't a major item in star trek loure and it just kind of made the second page. Blogger News Network
  • People who have a broad interest in the subject but who lack the historical and ideological framework for a fuller, informed reading, will be gently and entertainingly enlightened here.
  • Present-day performers commonly adopt practices of earlier periods whether or not they use historically accurate instruments.
  • This humorous and historically accurate account was extremely well received.
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