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 ~ figure.
...the ~ impact of Western capitalism on the world...
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Historically, royal marriages have been cold, calculating affairs.
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2.
Historical books, films, or pictures describe or represent people, situations, or things that existed in the past.
He is writing a ~ novel about nineteenth-century France.
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3.
Historical information, research, and discussion is related to the study of history.
...~ records.
...modern ~ research.
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If you look at an event within a ~ 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 ~ context that Morris brought to his work...
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