historic
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
Example
“A historic opportunity”
Other meanings
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
“The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.”
Related words
- historic criticism
- antihistoricism
- antihistoricist
- historic infinitive
- historic present tense
- historicist
- historicity
- historicization
- historicize
- historic rhyme
- posthistoric
- prehistoric
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἱστορικός" (exact; historical).
Where this comes from
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