/ˈklæsɪk/
Translation
Famous and loved for a long time because it is so good; done in a style that does not go out of fashion.
Word origin
From Latin classicus, meaning of the highest class of Roman citizens, from classis, a group or class.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- classicus
- English cognates
- class
Examples
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Here "classic" means famous and good for many years.
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Here it means a simple style that never goes out of fashion.
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"A classic" can be a noun, meaning a famous old favourite.
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Grammar articles
(10)Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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