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What does classic mean?

Definitions in simple English

classic Adjective

— If something is classic, it's typical. Richard Branson is a classic example of success without schooling. — If something is classic, it has a long history and it is liked. His clothes were a mixture of classic and modern styles.

classic Noun

— A classic is a book, play, song, etc. that has a long history and is liked. Every time a classic like that comes on the radio, I just have to stop and listen. This book has become a classic of Canadian fiction. — (plural) The classics are the language and art from ancient Rome and Greece. You've never read Homer? Schools don't teach the classics these days.

classic

— adjective (= classical, definitive) of recognized authority or excellence the definitive work on Greece classical methods of navigation — noun a creation of the highest excellence — noun an artist who has created classic works — adjective of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture classic Cinese pottery — adjective (= classical) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; ; "classical classical mythology

Synonyms classic synonyms

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classical typical representative classics tradition standard excellent definitive characteristic authoritative Hellenic Greco-Roman Graeco-Roman undying timeless superior scripture refined practice old book old model immortal hellenic grace first-rate exemplary everlasting eternal enduring elegance custom conventional classicistic classical author average ancient

Examples classic examples

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Simple sentences

I want to get that classic car no matter how expensive it is.

What is your favorite classic rock song?

It's a classic Nigerian 419 scam.

This is a remake of a classic movie.

What's your favorite classic rock song?

It's a classic.

This film is a cult classic.

This song is a classic.

He had a classic education.

This is a classic.

Movie subtitles

Panspermia is the idea espoused at the beginning of the classic Battlestar Galactica that life here began out there.

It's a classic case of keeping something secret.

It's classic humor.

Ah, yes, the classic Serrano pass-out.

Like, diamonds, discounts, those are some like classic Jew moves, you know?

Rashy nips, instant classic.

Classic Mediterranean, with a very specific and dare I say very personal Hellenic influence.

It started some years ago when Brenda White, Janelle Peacocke, Professor Plummer and I realised we all shared our rather unique surnames with a timeless, classic and most rewarding board game.

I could give you a look to match that classic car of yours. Maybe.

Please tell me the board does not have a problem with classic Renaissance art.

It's a very popular classic.

His work in the ring is. classic, pure and perfect.

Oh, it's fully insured. and I love building new things. I want to build it in a classic gothic design.

Classic symptoms.

Yes, madam. That's Ochi Tchornya. It's a very popular classic.

I want to build it in a classic gothic design.

Classic stuff.

I really got to know it in the classic period of the black market. We'd run anything if people wanted it enough and had the money to pay.

The classic, I expect.

Stop worrying'. This is a classic.

She's a classic case of hysteria conversion.

She doesn't like it because it's classic. In color, in line, in everything, it's different.

It seems such a deviation from the classic cases.

The symptoms are classic.

It is familiar because it is a classic of its kind.

Also, I'm not forgetting that impressive research you've done for the Classic Crime Club.

Little Berit here is a classic hysteric.

I know what you're thinking. Like, diamonds, discounts, those are some like classic Jew moves, you know?

Ladies and gentlemen, here is one of the classic examples of chivalry.

I've got a classic.

It's a shame that these Parties which spring up like mushrooms without a solid, classic, age-old tradition!

I really got to know it in the classic period of the black market.

What movie are you going to? The classic, I expect.

Also, I'm not forgetting. that impressive research you've done for the Classic Crime Club.

I want something classic.

Oh, the classic story.

It's a classic gift for a young businessman.

It's an east indian classic, my dear.

News and current affairs

But because these gains follow the massive contraction that occurred during the Great Recession of 2008-2009, they are a far cry from the trajectory of a classic V-shaped recovery.

At the same time, with Monti's coalition failing to gain traction, reflecting the historically limited appeal of classic bourgeois parties in Italy, many observers are wondering what his role in the next government will be.

Using classic economic valuations of everything from lost lives, bad health, and illiteracy to wetlands destruction and increased hurricane damage from global warming, the economists show how much each problem costs.

Yet Spain, India, Belgium, and Switzerland are all consolidated democracies that do not fit the classic model of the nation state.

Moreover, analysts should not limit themselves to the classic instruments of punishment and denial as they assess cyber deterrence.

Of course, in classic Orwellian fashion, the West did so in democracy's name.

Nationalism is the classic expression of thwarted democracy.

This is a classic bureaucratic response: faced with a problem, create a new institution.

Central banks are the classic example.

In his classic essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill defended free speech on the ground that free inquiry was necessary to advance knowledge.

For example, the classic 1972 bestseller Limits to Growth predicted that the world would run out of gold in 1981, silver and mercury in 1985, and zinc in 1990.

The classic surgical option was the mastectomy, where the entire breast and surrounding tissue was removed.

To say that the gold market displays all of the classic features of a bubble gone bust is to oversimplify.

Are we witnessing a classic case of sheer political stupidity?

John Stuart Mill, in his classic book On Liberty, considered a situation in which a man sets out to cross a bridge that we know is unsafe.

Bolivia's 1988 buyback of close to half of its defaulted sovereign debt, an operation funded by international donors, is a classic example.

NEW HAVEN - The United States has a classic multilateral trade imbalance.

A classic case involved the CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who fatally shot two men in 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan.

An iconic campaign poster captured the public mood: a picture of a gun-slinging Gary Cooper as the sheriff in the classic western High Noon.

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy is a classic example - and is disastrous for EU budgets, economic efficiency, and consumer pocketbooks.

Was Morsi's ouster a classic counterrevolution in the guise of a military coup?

Initially a financial crisis, it morphed into a classic public-debt crisis after governments stepped in to guarantee banks obligations.

Simply focusing on the positive - America's classic approach to alliance diplomacy - is no longer enough.

As a result, we have little fear of World War III nowadays, even though unprecedentedly rapid changes in the global balance of power are creating classic conditions for unleashing it.

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