I.
noun
1 famous book, play, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , true
▪ minor
▪ contemporary , modern
▪ old
▪ all-time
▪ timeless
▪
Charles Dickens's timeless ~, ‘Oliver Twist’
▪ cult , popular
▪ instant
▪
The song became an instant ~ and shot to number one.
▪ film , literary , movie ( esp. AmE )
▪ comedy , horror , sci-fi , etc.
▪ pop , rock , etc.
VERB + CLASSIC
▪ be , become , remain
PHRASES
▪ be considered a ~
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
one of the great ~s of English literature
2 Classics study of Greek/Roman culture
II.
adj.
Classic is used with these nouns: ↑ car , ↑ case , ↑ cinema , ↑ dish , ↑ episode , ↑ example , ↑ experiment , ↑ expression , ↑ fashion , ↑ feature , ↑ fiction , ↑ film , ↑ illustration , ↑ instance , ↑ look , ↑ movie , ↑ musical , ↑ novel , ↑ pop , ↑ proportion , ↑ recipe , ↑ rock , ↑ sense , ↑ series , ↑ show , ↑ sign , ↑ song , ↑ status , ↑ story , ↑ style , ↑ symptom , ↑ tale , ↑ text , ↑ thriller , ↑ tune , ↑ work