historical
US: /hɪˈstɔɹɪkəɫ/
UK: /hɪstˈɒɹɪkəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
historical /his'tɔrikəl/- tính từ
- lịch sử, (thuộc) lịch sử; có liên quan đến lịch sử
- historical studies: công trình nghiên cứu về lịch sử
- historical materialism: duy vật lịch sử
- lịch sử, (thuộc) lịch sử; có liên quan đến lịch sử
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective [usually before noun]1 connected with the past: the historical background to the war + You must place these events in their historical context. + an essay on the historical development of the novel + Women are not allowed to enter the monastery for historical reasons.
2 connected with the study of history: historical documents / records / research + The building is of historical importance.
3 (of a book, film / movie, etc.) about people and events in the past: a historical novel / setting
Help Note: 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.
historically adverb: The book is historically inaccurate. + Historically, there has always been a great deal of rivalry between the two families.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
factual, true, verifiable, reliable, real, authentic, recorded, documented:
The historical truth of what actually happened on that day has been obscured by legends.
Concise dictionary
hɪ'stɑrɪkl /-'stɒr-adj.
+of or relating to the study of history
+having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
+belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
+used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
