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say it: hi-STAW-rik
historic is an adjective meaning "belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past". It is pronounced /hɪˈstɔɹɪk/ — hi-STAW-rik. It carries 2 recorded senses.
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
“historic victories”
“historical (or historic) times”
“a historical character”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for historic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.