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    historical
    /hɪˈstɒrɪkl/

    adjective

    • 1. of or concerning history or past events: "historical evidence"

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  2. HISTORICAL definition: 1. connected with studying or representing things from the past: 2. used to describe prices…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of HISTORICAL is of, relating to, or having the character of history. How to use historical in a sentence. historic or historical?

  4. connected with studying or representing things from the past: Many important historical documents were destroyed when the library was bombed. She specializes in historical novels set in 18th-century England. used to describe prices, values, etc. in the past: The table compares historical exchange rates for five different currencies.

  5. (of a thing or event) important when studied as part of the past: historic buildings and monuments. (Definition of historic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of historic. historic. It is also the case that historic preservation virtually never operates this way either.

  6. Historical definition: of, relating to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events. See examples of HISTORICAL used in a sentence.

  7. Historical people, situations, or things existed in the past and are considered to be a part of history. ...an important historical figure. ...the historical impact of Western capitalism on the world. In Buda, several historical monuments can be seen. historically adverb.

  8. Historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past: a political system that arose from specific historical circumstances; I have been doing some historical research. Was Robin Hood a historical figure?

  9. 1. : of or relating to history. He strove for historical accuracy in the movie. historical research/facts. a historical museum [=a museum that shows objects relating to the history of a place] a historical society [=a group of people who work to preserve the history of a place] 2. : based on history.

  10. Historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past: a political system that arose from specific historical circumstances; I have been doing some historical research. Was Robin Hood a historical figure?

  11. 1. a. Of or relating to history; concerned with past events: a historical account. b. Based on past events or set in the past: a historical novel. c. Used in or providing evidence of the past: historical costumes; historical records. 2. Concerned with phenomena as they change through time: a historical dictionary. 3. Important or famous in history.