historic

his·tor·ic  (h-stôrk, -str-)

adj.

1. Having importance in or influence on history.

2. Historical.

Usage Note: Historic and historical have different usages, though their senses overlap. Historic refers to what is important in history: the historic first voyage to the moon. It is also used of what is famous or interesting because of its association with persons or events in history: a historic house. Historical refers to whatever existed in the past, whether regarded as important or not: a minor historical character. Historical also refers to anything concerned with history or the study of the past: a historical novel; historical discoveries. While these distinctions are useful, these words are often used interchangeably, as in historic times or historical times.

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historic

Adjective

important in history, or likely to be seen as important in the future

USAGE: A distinction is usually made between historic (important, significant) and historical (pertaining to history): a historic decision; a historical perspective.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	historic - belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" historical past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
	2.	historic - important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space" important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

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historic

adjective significant, notable, momentous, famous, celebrated, extraordinary, outstanding, remarkable, ground-breaking, consequential, red-letter, epoch-making << OPPOSITE unimportant

USAGE Although historic and historical are similarly spelt they are very different in meaning and should not be used interchangeably. A distinction is usually made between historic, which means `important' or `significant', and historical, which means `pertaining to history': a historic decision; a historical perspective.

Translations

historic [hɪˈstɔrɪk], historical [hɪˈstɔrɪkl] adj → historique

historic [hɪˈstɔrɪk] adj → historisch

historic [hɪˈstɔrɪk], historical [hɪˈstɔrɪkl] adj → storico/a