historic
part of speech
adjective (historic)
meaning for a pupil
1) Historic means important in history, or likely to be remembered in the future as important. tree →
2) Historic also describes old buildings, places or things from the past that are worth keeping, like a historic castle. tree →
3) Historic can also mean belonging to the time for which people have written records. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons historic events are big turning points, like the moon landing in 1969 or the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In everyday life, a «historic town centre» means an old part of a town. In news and sport, a «historic win» is a very special first. Phrases: historic moment, historic building, historic site, historic day.
examples
- The moon landing was a historic moment. tree →
- We visited a historic castle in Wales. tree →
- The team had a historic win in the cup final. tree →
- York has a historic city centre. tree →
- The signing of the peace treaty was historic. tree →
- The National Trust looks after many historic houses. tree →
- Dragons are possibly survivals into historic times of antedeluvian monsters, or reminiscences of classical legend (Perseus, etc.). tree →
note
Historic means «important in history»; historical means «about history or from the past» (a historical novel). Many people mix them up. You can write «a historic» or (UK, old-fashioned) «an historic»; «a historic» is more common now.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «historic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.