historical

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/]

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1. historical (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

Example: July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.

2. historical (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.: About history; depicting persons or events from history.

Example: There is no acknowledgment—because there is no understanding—that sometimes historical fiction departs from facts in order to reach for more abstract, thematic, or complexly intuitive truths that even the most diligently fact-checked histories and biographies can fail to illuminate.

3. historical (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.

Example: Sith thou gaue to vs a floure most riall Redolent in cronicles with historicall syght.

4. historical (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A historical romance.

Example: However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.

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