{
    "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                    "text": "**historical documents/records/research**"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’."
}