historic

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.

adjective

Having great significance: big, consequential, considerable, important, large, material, meaningful, monumental, significant, substantial. See important/unimportant.

adj

Definition: momentous, remarkable
Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant, unremarkable

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[Ge]

Referring to the period after the advent of written historical records in a given geographical region. Historic Native American sites date to the time after the arrival of Europeans.

IN BRIEF: Famous from the past.

The first manned space flight was an historic event.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - historisk, berømt, mindeværdig

Nederlands (Dutch)
historisch, gewichtig, beroemd

Français (French)
adj. - historique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - historisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιστορικός

Italiano (Italian)
storico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - histórico

Русский (Russian)
исторический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - histórico, memorable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - historisk, minnesvärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
历史上著名的, 有历史性的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 歷史上著名的, 有歷史性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 역사의, 역사적인, 역사상 중요한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 歴史的に有名な, 史的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تاريخي, هام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮היסטורי, רב-חשיבות‬

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