following the original or traditional standard for something
Keynes’s criticism of the classical theory of full employment
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Words used to describe standards
standard
average
high
2
relating to classical music
classical composers
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acoustic
atonal
bass
3
relating to the languages, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
classical mythology
a classical scholar
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Antiquity and ancient times
ancient
Anglo-Saxon
antiquity
4
linguisticsrelating to the languages of important literature in the past. Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Arabic, and Sanskrit are classical languages.
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Words used to describe language
agglutinative
classical
cognate
classical
adjectiveusually before noun
US /ˈklæsɪk(ə)l/
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classical musicnoun
classical realismnoun
DEFINITIONS4
1
following the original or traditional standard for something
Keynes’s criticism of the classical theory of full employment
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe standards
average
standard
above
2
relating to classical music
classical composers
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe music or musical instruments
acoustic
atonal
bass
3
relating to the languages, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
classical mythology
a classical scholar
Synonyms and related words
Antiquity and ancient times
ancient
Anglo-Saxon
antiquity
4
linguisticsrelating to the languages of important literature in the past. Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Arabic, and Sanskrit are classical languages.