CLASSIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classic mean? 

• CLASSIC (noun)
  The noun CLASSIC has 2 senses:

1. a creation of the highest excellence

2. an artist who has created classic works

  Familiarity information: CLASSIC used as a noun is rare.

• CLASSIC (adjective)
  The adjective CLASSIC has 4 senses:

1. of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.

2. of a well-known type; remarkably typical

3. considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth

4. well-known and long-established in form or style

  Familiarity information: CLASSIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A creation of the highest excellence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("classic" is a kind of...):

creation (an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An artist who has created classic works

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("classic" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

• CLASSIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.

Synonyms:

classic; classical

Context example:

classical Marxism

Similar:

classical; Graeco-Roman; Greco-Roman (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture)

classical (of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas)

classical ((physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics)

neoclassic; neoclassical (characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of a well-known type; remarkably typical

Context example:

she made the classic mistake of choosing style over substance

Similar:

typical (exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth

Context example:

'War and Peace' is a classic novel

Similar:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Well-known and long-established in form or style

Synonyms:

classic; classical

Context example:

the classic struggle between good and evil

Similar:

traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)

 Context examples 

The classic form has the karyotype 47,XXY.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical progression to colorectal cancer may occur later in life but the risk is less than with classic FAP.

(Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

The classic description of achirality is the comparison of the glass of water in a mirror, because the mirror image is identical.

(Achiral, NCI Thesaurus)

A medulloblastoma composed of large cells with prominent nucleoli and a larger amount of cytoplasm in contrast with the cells of the classic medulloblastoma.

(Large Cell Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Iron stain is the classic method for demonstrating iron in tissues.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Initially, they had been classified as classic endocrine nuclear hormone receptors and orphan receptors.

(Lipid Metabolism and Toxicity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The classic sign of an autoimmune disease is inflammation, which can cause redness, heat, pain and swelling.

(Autoimmune Diseases, NIH)

However, under the conditions of recommended use it behaves as a classic mu-opioid agonist, mimicking the actions of endogenous peptides at CNS opioid receptors.

(Buprenorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The classic example is the pyothorax-associated lymphoma that arises in the pleural cavity of patients with a history of long standing pyothorax.

(Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Associated with Chronic Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)

An indolent chronic B-cell leukemia resembling classic hairy cell leukemia but shows variant cytologic, hematologic, and immunophenotypic features and is resistant to the conventional therapy applied to hairy cell leukemia.

(Hairy Cell Leukemia Variant, NCI Thesaurus)