historical
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4.8
- adjective
- /hɪˈstɔrɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
diacrónico
- Students make their own notes by developing a historical timeline of the development of a particular type of technology.
- historical linguistics
- historical change
- historical development
What's going on through this entire historical process of development?
- What's going on through this entire historical process of development?
- And that's okay because that is itself part of the historical development here.
- The crucial question, then, is which historical developments bring out our better angels and stay our hands before they can commit acts of bloodshed.
- But I think that's come from a lot of pressure of people who might take, you know, a more philosophical or kind of like a Longview, a historical view on systems.
- And that's a good one because it's a lead in to all these sort of historical developments.
Examples
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I think I find myself thinking more in historical terms.
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A variety of sources study the historical development of management in different periods.
Academic text (2011) -
I distinguish three periods in the historical development of the Zulu political structure.
Academic text (1999) -
The first section briefly explores the historical patterns of church-state relations in Mexico.
Academic text (1999) -
The best introduction to the historical origin and development of the Gourd Dance comes from the Kiowas.
Academic text (1990) -
The professor gave a lecture on the historical development of the English language.
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Many scholars are interested in the historical context of ancient civilizations.
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Understanding the historical evolution of technology can help us predict future trends.
Synonyms
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8.5
About a word's origin and early history
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9.6
Describing how something changes over time, especially language
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Use present tense to tell past events as if they are happening now
- Formal
A group of 19th-century German thinkers who explain law and economy as changing over time
How Historical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Historical comes from history, a word that means a 'story of change' over time. That's why historical can mean 'relating to how something developed or changed'.