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After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
Marie Curie

Meaning of "historical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTORICAL

historical  [hɪˈstɒrɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTORICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Historical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HISTORICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

historical

History

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. —George Santayana History is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic, geologic, and organic history, but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. History can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative to examine and analyse a sequence of past events, and objectively determine the patterns of cause and effect that determine them. Historians sometimes debate the nature of history and its usefulness by discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present. Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources are usually classified as cultural heritage or legends, because they do not support the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.

Definition of historical in the English dictionary

The first definition of historical in the dictionary is belonging to or typical of the study of history. Other definition of historical is concerned with or treating of events of the past. Historical is also based on or constituting factual material as distinct from legend or supposition.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HISTORICAL


ahistorical
ˌeɪhɪsˈtɒrɪkəl
allegorical
ˌælɪˈɡɒrɪkəl
anaphorical
ˌænəˈfɒrɪkəl
antihistorical
ˌæntɪhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
categorical
ˌkætɪˈɡɒrɪkəl
ethnohistorical
ˌeθnəʊhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
metaphorical
ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkəl
nonhistorical
ˌnɒnhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
oratorical
ˌɒrəˈtɒrɪkəl
phantasmagorical
fænˌtæzməˈɡɒrɪkəl
pictorical
pɪkˈtɒrɪkəl
plethorical
plɛˈθɒrɪkəl
prehistorical
ˌpriːhɪsˈtɒrɪkəl
rhetorical
rɪˈtɒrɪkəl
semaphorical
ˌsɛməˈfɒrɪkəl
sociohistorical
ˌsəʊsɪəʊhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
transhistorical
ˌtrænzhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
unhistorical
ˌʌnhɪˈstɒrɪkəl
unmetaphorical
ˌʌnˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪkəl
unrhetorical
ˌʌnrɪˈtɒrɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTORICAL

historic
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
historic episcopate
Historic Places Trust
historic present
historical geology
historical linguistics
historical materialism
historical method
historical novel
historical present
historical school
historical-cost accounting
historically
historicalness
historicise
historicism
historicist
historicity
historicize

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTORICAL

aspherical
asymmetrical
chemical
chimerical
clerical
cylindrical
diametrical
electrical
empirical
geometrical
hysterical
lyrical
metrical
numerical
obstetrical
satirical
semiempirical
spherical
symmetrical
theatrical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of historical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HISTORICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «historical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of historical

Translation of «historical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTORICAL

Find out the translation of historical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of historical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «historical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

历史的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histórico
570 millions of speakers

English

historical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐतिहासिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَارِيخِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исторический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histórico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঐতিহাসিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

historique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sejarah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

historisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歴史上の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역사적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sajarah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên quan đến lịch sử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரலாற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐतिहासिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tarihi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

storico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

historyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

історичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

istoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιστορικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

historiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

historisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

historisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of historical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL»

The term «historical» is very widely used and occupies the 1.159 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «historical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «historical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about historical

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10 QUOTES WITH «HISTORICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word historical.
1
Lynn Abbey
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
2
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
3
Bruce Babbitt
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
4
Rob Bell
The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.
5
Nicolas Berggruen
I was living in Paris, which is a very beautiful, very wonderful place, but a tight place as a city, a tight place culturally. Its people are very brilliant, thoughtful, the place functions, but it's a historical place in some ways, like a big museum.
6
Franz Boas
The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science.
7
James Buchan
One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.
8
Marie Curie
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
9
Robert Darnton
My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.
10
Guy Davenport
The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTORICAL»

Discover the use of historical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to historical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies, and Scholarship
Historical GIS is an emerging field that uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to research the geographies of the past.
Ian N. Gregory, Paul S. Ell, 2007
2
Historical Ontology
The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of concepts and objects, through new uses of words and sentences in specific settings, and new patterns or styles of reasoning within ...
Ian Hacking, 2004
3
Photography Theory in Historical Perspective
Photography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from ...
Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Westgeest, 2011
4
Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences
The book considers the accomplishments and agendas of comparative-historical research in the social sciences.
James Mahoney, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, 2003
5
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind: ...
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind is designed both to provide a selection of core readings on the subject and to make those readings accessible by providing commentaries to guide the reader through initially intimidating ...
Peter A. Morton, 1996
6
Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical ...
In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development.
Ha-Joon Chang, 2002
7
Historical Representation: F.R. Ankersmit
Focusing on the notion of representation and on the necessity of distinguishing between representation and description, this book argues that the traditional semantic apparatus of meaning, truth, and reference that we use for description ...
F. R. Ankersmit, 2001
8
Jewish Music: Its Historical Development
The leading 20th-century authority on Jewish music describes and analyzes its elements and characteristics, chronicles its development from the earliest appearance of Semitic song 2000 years ago to the early 20th century.
Abraham Zebi Idelsohn, 1929
9
Virginia Historical Genealogies
This work, naming 4,000 related individuals, contains the lineages of about fifty families, the main branches of which were located in Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina.
John Bennett Boddie, 1954
10
Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives
In this 1991 volume, John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief.
John Hedley Brooke, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTORICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term historical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Weekly historical tour sheds light on Nevada - Reno Gazette-Journal
A pelt and hat are displayed at the Nevada Historical Society. Both items are made from beavers, which were considered fashionable when ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
2
Historical Marker in Maple Shade Stolen - FOX 29 News …
"It's a shame that for the sake of a couple dollars it will bring somebody that something of historical significance is gone. It's is lost," said ... «MyFOXPhilly.com, Jul 15»
3
Former all-black Cuero school earns historical marker - Victoria …
CUERO - Saturday's historical marker dedication for The Daule School is more than a recognition of the "colored school" of Cuero. It also is a ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
4
Historical Anglesey building set to be saved by council - BBC News
An historical Holyhead building is set to be saved after Anglesey council stepped in. The town's Grade II-listed Market Hall had been left derelict ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
ChambersFest historical video: "John Brown ... is violence the …
The assignment came in the form of a request from Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny. Each year on Old Market Day, the highlight ... «Chambersburg Public Opinion, Jul 15»
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Thief returns Roman catapult ammunition stolen from Israeli …
... Haters' Guide to Summer | Blue Jays | CitizenSparks. Thief returns Roman catapult ammunition stolen from Israeli historical site 20 years ago ... «National Post, Jul 15»
7
Historical Commission moves to protect 121-year-old firehouse …
The Philadelphia Historical Commission moved last week to help preserve an important part of Chestnut Hill history when it voted unanimously ... «Chestnut Hill Local, Jul 15»
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With new historical status, St. Augustine fresco may inspire greater …
The Philadelphia Historical Commission has granted historic designation to a series of fresco paintings on the ceiling of St. Augustine Catholic ... «Newsworks.org, Jul 15»
9
Historical Mystery in Hartford | Valley News
Hartford — A new mural in the recently renovated Hartford Town Hall is at the center of a historical mystery, with town officials asking the ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
10
Historical ignorance, by Walter E. Williams - Suwannee Democrat …
That explains the considerable historical ignorance about our war of 1861 and panic over the Confederate flag. To create better understanding, ... «Suwannee Democrat, Jul 15»

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