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historic English

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What does historic mean?
Definitions in simple English

historic

If something is historic, it is important to history. This historic event will be remembered for generations.

historic

important in history the historic first voyage to outer space (= historical) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past historic victories historical (or historic) times a historical character

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Simple sentences

Today is a historic day.
The biologist is proud of his historic discovery.
The laboratory acquired a fabulous reputation for its historic discovery.
This is a historic city.
Well over three thousand people signed to prevent the demolition of this historic building.
Market Square is the historic centre of the city.
This little jug is historic; it's more than eighty years old.
We visited the historic sites of the country.
This is an historic moment.
This is a historic moment.
Our house is a historic building and is listed as a protected monument.
This is where the historic battle is said to have taken place.
He has purchased a historic farm from the country.
He set out on his historic voyage.
Rynok Square is the historic centre of the city.
Yesterday was a historic day.
Tomorrow will be a historic day.

Movie subtitles

Tom Romanski, you are under arrest for faking your own death, and we need to talk about that historic matter of sex with a minor.
It's a historic moment.
Our beloved Phooey and Il Dig-a-Ditchy are seated, thrilled by this historic event.
Tariffs have been the historic.
These are the originals with which such historic persons as Lady Jane Grey. and Queen Catherine Howard was beheaded within these precincts.
Oh, I'm sure I've heard that name. It sounds historic.
This is a historic event in our family!
It's a historic day for our nation.
Everyone focused on that historic project that rushed through construction. Maybe we should have singled out someone's service.
The historic figures I'm about to show you will be more interesting. when I tell you that their faces were molded from the original death masks. now in the possession of certain European governments.
Here is another scene of historic violence.
No! It's an historic event that you have been hit by spasms above the navel.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are privileged to witness a great historic moment.
An historic moment.
Then perhaps you will convey to Her Highness. that I've been waiting for some time now to congratulate her. on the great historic event of providing our country with a much-needed heir to the throne.
Our beloved Phooey and I'll-Dig-a-Ditchy are seated, thrilled by this historic event.
Yeah. Tariffs have been the historic.
And the state would then honor your memory and your family as well. with a generosity that would be historic.
Everyone focused on that historic project that rushed through construction.
The historic figures I'm about to show you will be more interesting when I tell you that their faces were molded from the original death masks now in the possession of certain European governments.
They were declared a historic monument.
It's very historic.
You're in a historic room, ladies and gentlemen, from the walls of which the heroes of another people's war, the war of 1812, are looking at us.
Welcome to historic Virginia.
Here is something that pleases me. although of no historic importance.
The horses are now on the track for the 45th running of the historic Virginia Challenge Cup.
I know that Daisy will not marry the son of an impostor a gent who bought a Montenegrin title and stole an historic name.
It's an historic event that you have been hit by spasms above the navel.
This historic flight, preceded by nearly a decade of research and preparation has been shrouded by the most rigorous security precautions.
In these last minutes before liftoff, we're hoping to bring you a few words from the members of the brave family making this historic journey.
Those are the words he used to describe the comforts and pleasures with which the Proletariat are diverted from the more important, historic mission.
In England, Colonel, the historic mission of the Proletariat consists almost entirely of momentary interest.
Men, our cause is just, our mission is historic.
This could be an historic occasion.
I'd like to give you a brief summary of today's historic happening.

News and current affairs

If the French Presidency fails to seize the moment in Zagreb, an historic opportunity will be lost.
The current war of memories between the Baltic republics and Russia, with regard to the international celebration in Moscow on 9 May this year, reminds Germany of a special historic responsibility.
Some leaders, such as Nelson Mandela, rise to the historic occasion, against all odds.
By 2010, this number had declined to around 7.6 million - still far too high, but definitely an historic improvement.
It reflects the impact of fundamental (and historic) economic and financial re-alignments, insufficient policy responses, and system-wide rigidities that frustrate structural change.
Income inequality is at historic highs, but the rich claim that they have no responsibility to the rest of society.
Even his historic visit to Myanmar - the first ever by a US president - is as much about trade as it is about weaning a strategically located, resource-rich country from Chinese influence.
This is a historic fallacy.
Even though your ascension to the position of Prime Minister came in an awkward way because of Ariel Sharon's stroke, I believe that you have an opportunity to be part of a historic reconciliation.
Whether his successors can revive and complete the Palestinians' historic mission depends on how they define their goal.
The country rebelled against Obama and the Democrats' lurch to the left with historic Congressional election victories for Republicans in 2010.
Consider the historic events that have taken place in the past year and the role played by the United States and Europe.
And so, after six months of bargaining, a historic deal was struck. Poland would hold free and fair parliamentary elections, and Solidarity would compete.
Cameron would be more vulnerable than any leader in postwar British history to blackmail by his own party's dissidents and extremists, who see it as their historic mission to pull Britain out of the EU.
TOKYO - Historic transformations often happen when least expected.
Given Arafat's stature and control over the movement, he could have downsized the Palestinians' goals to acceptance of a state in only part of historic Palestine.
Yerevan - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's recent invitation to Turkish President Abdullah Gul to visit Yerevan to watch a football match together was historic.
If this pledge is adopted and respected, conflicts in the region will be viewed in a wholly different, more tolerant context, marking a historic breakthrough to peace.
Residential investment is still at an historic low as a share of GDP as a result of overbuilding during the 2003-2008 housing boom and the tsunami of foreclosures that followed.
Beneath the headlines of the historic deal lies a limited and ambiguous agreement.
It is a historic relic, bust but still bragging.
The case of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction is a historic example of a willingness to go to hell with your head held high.
At the same time, it could be argued that the spectacle of the opening ceremony was intended to overcome China's historic humiliation by the West and signal a new chapter.
On the other hand, taking this historic initiative would, relative to fainthearted tactical maneuvering, substantially increase politicians' chances of re-election later.

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