transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪstɒrɪk(ə)l, AM -tɔ:r- ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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...
ADJ : ADJ n
• his‧tori‧cal‧ly
Historically, royal marriages have been cold, calculating affairs.
ADV
2.
Historical books, films, or pictures describe or represent people, situations, or things that existed in the past.
He is writing a historical novel about nineteenth-century France.
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3.
Historical information, research, and discussion is related to the study of history.
...historical records.
...modern historical research.
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4.
If you look at an event within a historical context, you look at what was happening at that time and what had happened previously, in order to judge the event and its importance.
It was this kind of historical context that Morris brought to his work...
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