Usually means: Timeless quality, enduring appeal, influential.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word classic:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. classic: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. classic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. classic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. classic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. classic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Classic, classic: Wordnik
  7. classic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. classic: Wiktionary
  9. classic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. classic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. classic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. classic, the classic: Dictionary.com
  13. classic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. classic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Classic (Adrian Gurvitz song), Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been), Classic (Living Legends album), Classic (MKTO song), Classic (Mac OS X), Classic (Rah Digga album), Classic (Terri Clark album), Classic (The Knocks song), Classic (disambiguation), Classic (film), Classic (novel), Classic (snooker), Classic (transit bus), Classic, The Classic (Joan as Police Woman album), The Classic (Shinhwa album), The Classic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Classic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. classic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. classic: Rhymezone
  19. classic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. classic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. classic: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. classic: Free Dictionary
  23. classic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. classic: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. classic: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Classic (disambiguation), classic: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. classic: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Classic (disambiguation), classic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Classic (disambiguation), classic: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CLASSIC: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. classic, classic: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. classic: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See classics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
adjective:  Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical.
adjective:  Exhibiting timeless quality and excellence.
adjective:  Characteristic of or from the past; old; retro; vintage.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
adjective:  Traditional; original.
noun:  A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
noun:  An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song; a work of enduring excellence.
noun:  The author of such a work.
noun:  A major, long-standing sporting event.
noun:  (horse racing) Any of the British Classic Races, five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season.
noun:  (dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.

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