- connected with the past
- You must place these events in their historical context.
- stories based on historical fact
- This book provides a historical perspective.
- one of the greatest historical figures of all time, Alexander the Great
Extra Examples- Many historical and cultural treasures were badly damaged by the war.
- the historical background to the war
- an essay on the historical development of the novel
- Women are not allowed to enter the monastery for historical reasons.
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- connected with the study of history
- historical documents/records/research
- historical evidence provided by scholars
- The building is of historical importance.
Which Word? historic / historicalhistoric / historicalTopics Historyb1- Historic is usually used to describe something that is so important that it is likely to be remembered:
- Today is a historic occasion for our country.
- 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?
- (of a book, film, etc.) about people and events in the past
- a historical novel/setting
- Good historical fiction sheds light on the past.
Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historical and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’.
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