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{
"term": "historical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the past",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must place these events in their **historical context**."
},
{
"text": "stories based on **historical fact**"
},
{
"text": "This book provides a **historical perspective**."
},
{
"text": "one of the greatest historical figures of all time, Alexander the Great"
},
{
"text": "Many historical and cultural treasures were badly damaged by the war."
},
{
"text": "the historical background to the war"
},
{
"text": "an essay on the historical development of the novel"
},
{
"text": "Women are not allowed to enter the monastery for historical reasons."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with the study of history",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**historical documents/records/research**"
},
{
"text": "historical evidence provided by scholars"
},
{
"text": "The building is of historical importance."
}
],
"topics": ["History"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "about people and events in the past",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a historical novel/setting"
},
{
"text": "Good historical fiction sheds light on the past."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɪˈstɒrɪkl/",
"audio": "hi/historical/historical__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɪˈstɔːrɪkl/",
"audio": "hi/historical/historical__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Latin from Greek historikos, from historia ‘narrative, knowing by enquiry’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’."
}