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An example use of classical in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… it not just the classical but i mean …”
Classical means of or relating to ancient Greece and Rome.
the word classical occurs in english on average 15 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that classical can be often used in the following areas:
1) education, science, and technology;
2) leisure and entertainment;