classic

Definition

  • noun: something that has been considered to be excellent for a long time
  • noun: a literary work of ancient Greece or Rome
  • adjective: having a graceful design with simple lines
  • adjective: serving as a standard of excellence
  • used to say that something has come to be considered one of the best of its kind

Examples

  • ('informal') She lost the tickets? How 'classic'. [=it is not surprising that she lost the tickets; she often loses things]

  • Their latest album is 'destined to become a classic'. [=it is very good and will still be admired many years from now]

  • a radio station that plays 'classic' rock [=rock music from the past that is still popular]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) denies any knowledge of her plot, claiming he was just trying to protect the city. Did I falsely imprison those animals? Well, yes. Yes, I did. It was a classic doing the wrong thing for the right reason kind of a deal. In related news, doctors say the Nighthowler antidote is proving effective... (..)
    2016 Zootopia
  • (..) They are terrible investments. You take it out of the agency and you get a used car, and then on the value decreases. #But, if cared for, and you're lucky and it's a classic, the price goes up. Some people pay hundreds of thousands dollars for a Ford Shelby Cobra. What? #Do not you remember? (..)
    2014 Boyhood
  • (..) Think it was the decade It was something radical! This contradicted to the classical theory of learning ... conditioning B.F. classic Skinner. Bowlby argued that ... human survival depends on us fall in love. Depends on who I love with my mom. And my mother was in love with me. (..)
    2014 Boyhood