classic

classic
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noun
1 famous book, play, etc.
ADJECTIVE
great, true
minor
contemporary, modern
old
all-time
timeless

Charles Dickens's timeless classic, ‘Oliver Twist’

cult, popular
instant

The song became an instant classic and shot to number one.

film, literary, movie (esp. AmE)
comedy, horror, sci-fi, etc.
pop, rock, etc.
VERB + CLASSIC
be, become, remain
PHRASES
be considered a classic
PREPOSITION
classic of

one of the great classics of English literature

2 Classics study of Greek/Roman culture
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adj.
Classic is used with these nouns: ↑car, ↑case, ↑cinema, ↑dish, ↑episode, ↑example, ↑experiment, ↑expression, ↑fashion, ↑feature, ↑fiction, ↑film, ↑illustration, ↑instance, ↑look, ↑movie, ↑musical, ↑novel, ↑pop, ↑proportion, ↑recipe, ↑rock, ↑sense, ↑series, ↑show, ↑sign, ↑song, ↑status, ↑story, ↑style, ↑symptom, ↑tale, ↑text, ↑thriller, ↑tune, ↑work

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