Classics ˈklæsɪk English Noun Bre Alice Wonderland Modern

• english classics such as ‘alice in wonderland’
• the novel may become a modern classic.
• that match was a classic.
• a degree in classics

classic

1. a book, film/movie or song which is well known and considered to be of very high quality, setting standards for other books, etc.
• English classics such as ‘Alice in Wonderland’
• The novel may become a modern classic.
2. a thing that is an excellent example of its kind
• That match was a classic.
3. the study of ancient Greek and Roman culture, especially their languages and literature
• a degree in Classics

Extra Examples

• Charles Dickens’s timeless classic, ‘Oliver Twist’
• The song became an instant classic and shot to number one.
• one of the great classics of English literature
• The second goal was an absolute classic.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from French classique or Latin classicus ‘belonging to a class or division’, later ‘of the highest class’, from classis ‘a division of the Roman people, a grade, or a class of pupils’.