Definition of "historic" in английский

adjective

1. Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

   • A historic opportunity
   • July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
   • The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.

2. Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.

   • Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic.

3. (now uncommon) Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)

4. (grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

   • The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.

noun

1. (obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.

2. (obsolete) A historian.