historical
adjective /hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/
/-ˈstɔːr-/ Definition
B1 connected with studying or representing things from the past: Many important historical documents were destroyed when the library was bombed. She specializes in historical novels set in 18th-century England.History - general words › used to describe prices, values, etc. in the past: The table compares historical exchange rates for five different currencies.The past, the present and the future
(Definition of historical adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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