classic
B2Academic AWL-7Frequent NGSL-2UK /ˈklæsɪk/US /ˈklæsɪk/
Meaning
adjective
accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind
“a classic film/story/car/game ”
noun
a book, film or song which is well known and considered to be of very high quality, setting standards for other books, etc.
“The film is now a cult classic.”
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“Hardly had my parents' car rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the classics corridor.”
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