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# historical

«historical» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with history or the past: «historical events»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (historical, more historical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Historical means to do with history or the past: «historical events», «historical facts». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#m1)

2) Historical describes a person or event that really existed in the past, not only in a legend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#m2)

3) Historical describes a story, film or novel set in the past: «a historical novel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, pupils study historical sources (old letters, pictures, objects) to find out what happened, and ask whether a person in a legend is historical (really lived). In reading, «historical fiction» mixes real history with made-up characters. Phrases: «historical source», «historical fiction», «historical figure», «historical site».

### examples

- We read a historical novel about the Romans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x1)
- Is King Arthur a historical person or a legend? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x2)
- Old diaries are useful historical sources. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x3)
- The castle is an important historical site. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x4)
- She dressed as a historical figure for the school day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x5)
- Historical records show the town flooded many times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x6)
- So close is the resemblance, indeed, that it is impossible not to surmise an historical relation between the two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/#x7)

### note

Both «a historical» and «an historical» are used; «a historical» is more common today. Do not confuse with «historic», which means very important in history: «a historic day» (one people will remember), «a historical day» (just a day in the past).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «historical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/historical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.